I Tunes will not open on laptop - says required folder cannot be found

Help - I havent been into ITunes for about 3 weeks - tried to open it and get the message 'The Itunes application could not be opened. The required folder cannot be found'
Please help - I am not particularly PC literate but have tried uninstalling my security software incase this is causing the problem - but still cannot open my ITunes.
I have also tried to repair ITunes having read another post - but it doesnt do anything - just comes up with an error message.
I am scared to download a new version incase I lose all my songs etc.
Any help would be appreciated

Your music is stored on the computer in a folder independent of iTunes. The best place to start would be to update iTunes.

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