More of a computer problem but...

I recently had some computer problems and ran a System Restore on my computer. Once it restarted and "restored" everything, my itunes would no longer open. It says "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." So I tried to install the latest version of itunes hoping to replace whatever had been lost that was stopping it from opening. However, Itunes gets stuck in the setup and won't save to my computer. The message says "The path... cannot be found. Verify that you have access to this location and try again, or try to find the installation package 'iTunes.msi' in a folder from which you can install the product iTunes."
My final hope was that if I uninstalled it completely and started from scratch it would work, but now I get the same message as above when it tries to uninstall as well.
If anyone has any ideas I'd really appreciate it, at this point I'm stuck with an iTunes that won't open, reinstall, or uninstall. I've also tried plugging in my Ipod, and it connects to something and says not to disconnect it, but nothing will open or run on my computer. Help please!
  Windows XP  

"This action is only valid for products that are currently installed." So I tried to install the latest version of itunes hoping to replace whatever had been lost that was stopping it from opening. However, Itunes gets stuck in the setup and won't save to my computer. The message says "The path... cannot be found. Verify that you have access to this location and try again, or try to find the installation package 'iTunes.msi' in a folder from which you can install the product iTunes."
With that one, let's try the following procedure.
First, head into your Add/Remove programs and uninstall your QuickTime. If it goes, good. If it doesn't, we'll just attend to it when we attend to iTunes.
Next, download and install the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. Use it to clear any existing iTunes and/or QuickTime installation configuration information from the PC. (Launch Windows Installer CleanUp, find any iTunes and/or QuickTime entries in the list of programs in CleanUp, select those entries, and click “remove”.)
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
Next, use the the following document as a guide for manual removal of leftover iTunes and QuickTime program files:
Removing iTunes and QuickTime for Windows
Now try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?

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