ITunes 7.1 Locked

I recently upgraded to 7.1 and now whenever I try and launch the application, I get an error message stating "The iTunes Music Folder is Locked, is on a Locked Drive, or you don't have permission".
I have gone through all folders regarding my iTunes folders, even the iTunes application itself and nothing is locked.
Why can I not use iTunes? What is the deal?

I´m having trouble launching the new iTunes 7.1 after the upgrade.
Any time I try to launch iTunes it quits and gives the option to Try Again, Report (which I have), or Quit. Even though I re.try many times, restarted the comp, and verified permissions, it just will not work!
By the way, I keep my Music files on an external HD.

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Hi,
Have been using iTunes 10.5 on my WinXP machine - no problems. During a movie download tonight, iTunes crashed. Tried to reopen and got the infamous error "iTunes Library file locked or on a locked disk..." Tried several remedies listed.
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HELP !

Fixed. For those using WinXP...Here's what I had to do:
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Thank you for contacting Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1277
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I have a large number of mp3s on here 110Gb so it's causing me a bit of annoyance.
I'm getting the error iTunes library is locked or on a locked disk...
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iTunes Media
Previous iTunes Libraries
Mobile Applications
iTunes Music
iTunes Plug-ins
iPod Games
Album Artworks
iTunes1
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iTunes Media
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iPod
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iTunes Music Library.xml
itunesPrefs (2).xml
iTunesPrefs.xml
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iTunes Library.xml
iTunes LibraryBackup.itl
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