Cant use itunes as msi files cant be found.

i cant open itunes as i get a message saying the original msi files cant be found. i have tried un installing itunes, quicktime, bonjour etc but i keep getting the same message that the original msi file for each programme needs to be found. i cant even uninstall any of the quicktome programmes as i get the same msi error messages all the time. please help

i have the same prob

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