ITunes 7.7 - Starts, no beach ball, then quits unexpectedly

Hi All,
This doesn't seem to be the 'no GUI/device' issue everyone else is getting.
After downloading iTunes 7.7, my iTunes will start, I can see the GUI and it seem to be OK, then it quits after about five seconds.
I have manually downloaded 7.7 from Apple and re-run the installer, but no effect. I did not delete iTunes before running the installer - does this matter?
Any other ideas/solutions?
Thanks in advance,
Chris

Hey Chris,
Try testing in another account as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1717
The article will give tips for troubleshooting both system wide and user specific issues.
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