Alternate XP User: iTunes Install

Both I & the person I live with bought IPODs around 8 months ago. The Win XP (SP2) computer is configured for 2 accounts, & previous to the latest iTunes upgrade (6.02?) there's been no problems (Fast User switching has always been disabled), even after the numerous iTunes upgrades that have been installed in this time). Both accounts have full Admin rights,
Since this latest upgrade, I have no problems accessing & using iTunes. Now, the other User Account cannot run iTunes--I suspect that she clicked on "No" to the license agreement that appears whenever a new upgrade is installed. To try to fix this, I've 1) deleted both the iTunes & the QuickTime upgrades; 2)deleted both c:\Program Files directories; 3) deleted all Temp files (when logged in as the other user); and 4) ran the Windows Update Cleaner utility (miscuu2.exe)--although not in the suggested order--this was done after the above deletions. I then did a new download of the latest Windows iTunes & installed it while logged in as the other user.
No change whatsoever--when I log in, iTunes runs without issue, but when logged in as the other user,clicking on the program only shows it in the Taskbar, but the program never loads. There's obviously some configuation info file that remains intact, as all my settings are saved even after the uninstall/reinstall--assuming this is somehow related to the problem.
Any help in getting the alternate user account to run iTunes would be greatly appreciated. There's no iPod (hard & firmware)issues that I'm aware of.

Yes, you can delete that old installer file.
Regards.

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