I cannot open iTunes 8 nor uninstall it.  Can one help?

I installed iTunes 8 on or about 9/10/08. I've used it through 9/11/08. On 9/12/08, I clicked on iTunes through the Start menu. A box then appeared which stated: "Please wait while Windows configures iTunes". This is displayed for a while until a dialog box appeared which stated:
'3C9F7B3F-D55C-42cd-8537-B878518B73AF' is not a valid short filename.
I clicked the 'OK' button. The two boxes disappeared and another box appeared which stated:
'Fatal error during installation.' (Problem with Shortcut)
I clicked 'OK' and the last box disappeared.
I've tried to uninstall iTunes 8 through the Windows utility 'Add/Remove Programs' but got the same response as I did when I tried to use iTunes. I tried to install iTunes 7.6, but I was prevented from doing so because a later version of iTunes was already installed. How can I fix this problem? How can I successfully uninstall iTunes 8?
Any help would be appreciated.

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