Actual cause behind iTunes not opening

I’ve figured out what the problem is and why iTunes will not load.
Quicktime issues and error message when opening – “buffer overrun detected”.
This means that the temporary memory (buffer) that Quicktime dumps data into for the CPU to pick up and process is full.
If it is full it cannot be used any further, and Quicktime is unable to function – and because Quicktime is the engine for iTunes, iTunes will not open either.
So I need to know what is causing the buffer for Quicktime to fill up and overrun and remove that cause. I suspect it is either a corruption or malware.
Any ideas?

For those reading this who do not have a QuickTime settings icon visable in their Control Panel window - look to the top left of the Control Panel window and click on Classic View.
The QuickTime icon will be visible.
I did have K-Lite but I installed it as part of WMPod after I had all this palarva, thinking I would then be able to sync via Windows Media Player. Not so, Windows Media Player did not recognise the plug in - did not have it listed in the options windows.
When I double clicked on the QuickTime icon in Control Panel (classic view) I got this message;
An exception occurred while trying to run "C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL
"C:\WINDOWS\system32\Quicktime.cpl",Quicktime"
I had in fact deleted what I thought were duplicate QT plugins (there were half a dozen in the Programs\Internet Eplorer folder and more in Mozilla).
So I downloaded QuickTime (again) and selected repair once the installation window was up. Double clicked on QuickTime in Control Panel again.
Same message again.

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Just A Correction. In The Line ....The first time it will prompt you about itunes.exe running as a program (Click Yes) and the second is very important since this is what enables iTunes to make a forced connection with iTunes servers (Click yes again)...
Instead of "Click Yes" its supposed to be "Click Allow".

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https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204275
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https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1784?locale=en_US
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