ITunes Won't Play Music Files or Store (Music) Previews

Running iTunes 11.0.1.12 on Windows 7 Professional SP1 (Build 7601). Cannot play any of my music files in iTunes (local or from iCloud), nor does iTunes play any Store music preview. The time bar does not move from 00:00, and there's no sound (even if I manually move the progress indicator past 00:00.
It will play movies and TV shows. I've Googled the heck out of this issue and see no solution that works for me.
My sound (card and speakers) do work and are working.
Also, strangely, iTunes disappears from my status bar when minimized, and does not appear when shift-tabbing through open programs.

Thanks, Niel! That makes sense. I used to use itunes a lot on my old pc laptop. Hadn't really gotten around to using it much, if at all, on my macbook pro.
Much obliged,
S.

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