I CAN'T upgrade uninstall or install iTunes...Help?

Every time I try to upgrade iTunes to 9.2 or I try to uninstall iTunes or download it and install it again it shows a error message saying that itunes.msi is missing so i can't do it and neither I can run iTunes because it shows an error i got my iPhone and i really want to upgrade to the new software.
Can anybody help me please????
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Every time I try to upgrade iTunes to 9.2 or I try to uninstall iTunes or download it and install it again it shows a error message saying that itunes.msi is missing
These sorts of msi-related troubles have gotten more complicated to deal with ever since Microsoft pulled the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from their Download Center on June 25.
Let's try Googling. (Best not to use Bing, I think.) Look for a working download site for *at least version 3.0* of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. After downloading the utility installer file (msicuu2.exe), scan the file for malware, just in case. (I use the free version of Malwarebytes AntiMalware to do single-file scans for that.)
If the file is clean, to install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you've downloaded.
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any iTunes entries and click "Remove".
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try installing iTunes 9.2 again. Does the install go through properly this time?
(If you do find a clean download site for the correct version of CleanUp, please don't tell me where it is. Without wishing to sound paranoid (although I grant it does sound paranoid), there is a non-zero chance that posting links to download locations for the utility here at Discussions leads to that download location being shut down.)

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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
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