Arghhh iTunes 10 takes 24 hours to open!!

Can anyone help?? It just says iTunes 10 is 'not responding' when I try to open it, but if I leave it running and come back the next day it does eventually open. My library is on an external drive, which I gather from other posts may be an issue. I'm not very technical so a lot of the stuff on these forums is beyond my understanding - can anyone help in simple terms?? Apple, how about you responding to all these problems with the upgrade- what a total nightmare!!

SaraLMEvans wrote:
Any idea when the problem might be solved?
you might want to try solving it on your machine
first, try *removing iTunes completely* (click here and follow the instructions), then reinstall it using the standalone installer from here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/.
note this will not touch your media files, playlists, ratings, etc.
if the problem persists, try these user tips:
try removing the Genius database. In the "Finder" go to the /username/Music/iTunes/ folder and delete the "iTunes Library Genius.itdb" file. This may allow the program to launch again. This file will be recreated upon first use of the "Genius" feature.
and, if you have flip4mac installed
I found that the TSLicense plugin was causing the problem.
From the log:
PlugIn Path: /Library/Frameworks/TSLicense.framework/Versions/A/TSLicense
PlugIn Identifier: net.telestream.license
This pIugin is installed with the Flip4Mac Windows Media Components. I solved the problem by uninstalling the WM Components via the uninstaller at /Applications/Flip4Mac/Flip4Mac WMV Uninstaller.pkg, after which iTunes opens successfully.
if neither helps, try this:
quit iTunes. move the following file to the desktop: <MacintoshHD>/users/<yourname>/library/preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist
fire up iTunes (which will create a new .plist file). if it works now you can trash the plist file you moved to the desktop.
JGG

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