HELP. I've tried everything! iTunes won't launch!

So i've installed and re-installed the latest version of iTunes, and still, i can't open it. I used to have iTunes 4, which i was completely happy with, so i never upgraded it. Then i got a 2nd gen iPod Nano, which is only compatible with iTunes 7, so i had no choice but to upgrade. I've tried clicking the iTunes desktop icon a million times, i've tried "Start", "Run", "iTunes", and i've gone into the C: Drive and gone into where iTunes was originally located, to click that, and still, nothing happens. I just see an hourglass for a few seconds, but then it disappears, and nothing happens at all. I've looked all through the technical support pages from Apple, and still, nothing. I've tried everything they've recomended, and none of it has opened iTunes 7 for me. Luckily, i came across my original "Install iTunes" installer for iTunes 4, so i deleted iTunes 7 and reinstalled iTunes 4, to see if i could open that. I had no trouble with opening iTunes 4, so i thought i could reinstall 7 and see if it worked. So, i deleted iTunes 4, and tried to reinstall iTunes 7 again. It still won't launch. I have all of my music backed up, so i'm not worried about losing any of the files or anything like that. I just want to know how to get iTunes to launch.
PLEASE HELP
  Windows XP Pro  

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