ITunes 7 closes immedately upon opening

Hello all,
I'm running a WinXP Pro laptop PC which I generally keep pretty clean (as in no spyware, viruses, garbage, etc). I had been using iTunes 6 for a while with no problems, but then it began closing every time I tried to open it.
I downloaded the iTunes 7 two days ago and installed it with no problems, but 7 also experiences the same problem. I double-click the desktop icon or open it from the start menu, and the iTunes application window comes up, but while the wait-bar is about 1/4 when it says "Accessing iTunes Store" the program immediately closes. No error message, no warning, nothing.
I uninstalled iTunes and Quicktime, rebooted PC, then installed them fresh. Same problem. I've searched Apple's KB, and can't find a solution there. I've tried removing my "iTunes Library.itl" and "iTunes Music Library.xml" as suggested in one topic, I've ensured that any firewall software is up-to-date (actually it is disabled altogether), no luck. Quicktime opens fine on its own.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advacne,
Stu
PC (Toshiba laptop) Windows XP Pro
Message was edited by: sturose2000

EUREKA!!!
I don't know what prompted me to do so (other than pure frustration...) but I started my computer in Safe Mode (hit F8 while Windows is starting). I was able to open iTunes, albeit very slowly. It complained of being unable to access the iTunes store, which makes sense since Safe Mode disables network connections. But rather than crashing the program, this was just an error message that I could "OK" out of and then play around with the program.
So I then chose the Music list from the left-hand side-bar (default startup was iTunes Store--possibly the root of the problem??) and let iTunes rebuild my library. After this, I closed the program, exited Safe Mode Windows, and restarted the PC in normal mode. Sure enough, iTunes started on the Music list instead of iTunes Store list, and didn't crash!
I went to play a song I had purchased and was prompted to authorize the computer--interesting, since I never de-authorized it (unless it does so automatically when uninstalling as I previously had...) but still had the correct Auth-Count for me. Now everything seems to work just peachy--I can even access the store!
b noir, thanks for the pointers. Hopefully the Safe-Mode solution can help others too (it looks like you're very active on this board).
Over and out,
Stu
PC (Toshiba laptop) Windows XP Pro

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