I updated my itunes to 10.5 and now my iphone wont sync

I have a pc, and i just updated my itunes. When i went to sync my iphone 3gs, it goes through everything then says "iTunes could not back up the iPhone...because a session could not be started with the iphone." I don't know what to do and could really use some help. my software verson says 4.3.5
Thanks!

This tutorial for downgrading says you have to do this when that notice appears after you've downgraded:
iTunes 10.5 upgrades the iTunes library file and won’t let you downgrade, so you will need the prior version library file. Here’s how to go about that
5) You will need to rename iTunes Library.itl to iTunes Library.bak
6) Go into the “Previous iTunes Libraries” folder where you will find several files with dates in their names. The most recent one will have the .itl extension, but the others don’t. Copy that to the parent folder ~/Music/iTunes/ and rename it iTunes Library.itl
7) Congrats. You’re done.
from http://ismashphone.com/2011/06/how-to-downgrade-itunes-105-beta-to-itunes-103.ht ml
Can you try this and let me know if it works? *please God please GOD*

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