Can't Uninstall iTunes - Strange Problem

Right, so my iTunes has a really strange problem. Since I tried opening it yesterday afternoon, I've noticed it doesn't do anything but try to install itself, even though it's ALREADY installed on my computer. That is to say, whenever I open my iTunes, it will give me a loading bar and tell me it's preparing an instillation. However, midway through, it always fails.
I thought this wouldn't be much of a problem when I decided I would just uninstall it and then reinstall it to fix it. But a new problem came up when I went to my control panel and tried to uninstall it. From what I could tell, iTunes seems to ALWAYS want to install itself, no matter what. When I tried to uninstall it, it seemed to do it, but before it could complete, it started to reinstall itself and then an error message came up, error message "2330", to be exact.
Tell me, how do I fix this? I'd like to keep using iTunes, but it seems that it's doing everything in it's power to keep from doing so...

Since I tried opening it yesterday afternoon, I've noticed it doesn't do anything but try to install itself, even though it's ALREADY installed on my computer. That is to say, whenever I open my iTunes, it will give me a loading bar and tell me it's preparing an instillation. However, midway through, it always fails
When I tried to uninstall it, it seemed to do it, but before it could complete, it started to reinstall itself and then an error message came up, error message "2330", to be exact.
Andrew, those symptoms (the repair install on launch and the 2330 when trying to do a proper uninstall) both suggest a damaged program file that the repair install (when launching iTunes) can't replace, and the uninstall (using add/remove programs) can't remove.
When you (try to) do the uninstall, does the 2330 message say which file it is having trouble with?

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