Debug error message in itunes

after problems with my computer soundcard, i uninstalled quicktime,realplayer and itunes then re-installed them.
quicktime and realplayer now work fine but itunes wont open and i get:
iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
then the options: debug and close. nothing happens if i click on any option.
what do i do?????
Windows XP
Windows XP

it didnt work!!
i think i will have to go and die quietly in a corner now!!
... let's just hold off on that strategy ...
okay, if you're getting the "itunes has encountered ..." message when you try to launch itunes, but your QuickTime is launching fine, we'd better start checking for a few weird possibilities.
let's try an experiment.
head into your user accounts control panel and create a new user account with full administrative rights. (there's help documentation on how to do that at the left of the control panel screen.) while you're in that control panel, switch off "fast user switching" in your logging-on preferences.
now log out of the old account and log into the new account.
does itunes launch properly from inside the new account?
love, b

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