Cant turn off shuffle?

mac os x 10.5.5
itunes 8
mac book pro
cant turn off shuffle.

Hi, I have the same problem which, strangely, only started today.
I’m running OS X 10.5.5 with iTunes 8.0.2 on a late 2006, 20-inch, 2.33ghz iMac.
If I go to the Controls menu I can select “Turn Shuffle Off” from the “Shuffle” menu but it when I go back in it has reverted to whatever shuffle option had been previously selected.
As I haven’t updated, or installed any software in a few days I thought it was probably a corrupted preference file but deleting the iTunes plist file and rebooting my mac made no difference.
I’m wondering if there a preference file I’ve missed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Peter:-)

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