ITunes 5.01 won't start

I recently updates my itunes to 5.01. Once I installed the update my itunes will not start. In the task manager the program is running under processes however under applications it is not listed and it never comes up. I have uninstalled and reinstalled 5 times without different results. The last time I uninstalled itunes was removed but Quicktime was not. However, the program does not show up in Add/Remove programs and it won't let me remove the progam but it does not appear to be installed correctly.

I had similar problems and finally had success today
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Hi!
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I can see iTunes.exe in the task manager, for about 5 seconds, and then it disappears.
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