ITunes 7 Keeps Reinstalling

I have just upgraded my iTunes to latest version (7.0.0.70), and I delete the iTunes folder from my Start menu. If I do that, next time I start iTunes, it reinstalls itself. I dont want the iTunes in my Start menu.
I have windows XP pro.

I had the same issue. When you started iTunes it would pop up a little box saying "Configuring iTunes..." or something like that for 2 or 3 seconds. It would reinsert a Start Menu item and would copy a desktop shortcut (which was already there).
This may be random, but it stopped after I looked at the Windows shortcut that I was using (which the install put there). When I right-clicked it and looked at the properties, there was nothing in the "Start in" area.
I deleted the shortcut and made a new one from scratch locating "C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe" as the target and setting "C:\Program Files\iTunes" as the Start in folder. After this it started normally and did not recreate a Start Menu group (which I had removed).
This could be random chance, but it did stop as soon as I changed the desktop shortcut. I expect the same problem could be on the Start Menu shortcut. Incidentally, I installed as an iTunes 7 on WinXP as an upgrade to 6.x

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