Can't run and can't remove iTunes

My musics is gone off my drive. I can't open iTunes nor can I remove iTunes from my system. I get this error in both cases, and then it produced a fatal error and closes.
"The folder path 'My Music' contains an invalid character"
I tried opening properties and changing the path back to the drive where my music was. It's a 600 GB drive and my music/videos/everything iTunes related is gone. I can open the drive and it has nothing on it. Where did my music disappear to? None of my other drives are big enough for my collection.
I'm ready to scream!!!

I upgraded my 2007 iMac (20") to Maverick. Should never have done this! Lost mail, lost my mail archive, lost numerous programs/applications, lost all my installed hardware, spend 4 days on getting it running again with the (supreme) help of Apple Care. However it should not have happened at all!
iMac Computers with less than 4Gb of internal memory (as explained by Apple Care), or less than (estimated) 150Gb of free disc-space should not upgrade! Simple as that and the App Store should warn you about that and not simply let you pick up your free copy of Maverick!

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