Corrupt iTunes

Whenever I open up iTunes it send me a message that the iTunes.exe is corrupt and unreadable. I have already dealt with the problem where it said that the itunes library .xml file is corrupt and unreadable. I fixed that problem after much frustration. I tried that solution again and it did not work. This time the problem is that the file iturnesprefs.xml is corrupt and unreadable. Now, this file does not seem to be doing anything wrong with my computer but it is getting to be very annoying to deal with.
Windows Windows 2000

It sounds like you're referring to the chkdsk error in which case I would refer you to Da Gopha's monumental work on that topic which you will find in this User Tip .

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turingtest2 - I've read majority of your suggestions for people who have had corrupt itunes libraries and I was wondering if you could help before I spend 2-4 hours trying to fix my library. Here is my issue:
I started iTunes today and found that only music in "the cloud" is showing up in my music library. I googled this issue and came across your suggestions.
My last backup .itl file is from December 30th so I don't really want to use this. I have made a ton of changes to my library since then.
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I have some information here that I believe will help to resolve your issue. First, since your library file says it was created by a newer version of iTunes, let's make sure the latest version is installed on your computer. In order to verify this, you may need to completely uninstall and reinstall iTunes on your PC. There is a group of components that must be uninstalled from your computer in a certain order when uninstalling iTunes for the best possible conditions, and that is outlined in this article right here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1923
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