ITunes 7 fails to start - unknow error occurred -50 - how to fix it?

I have recenly upgraded iTunes on MacMini (PowerPC). Every time I try to start, it asks me to agree on terms and than shows the error "The iTunes application could not be opened. An unknow error occurred (-50)." I have reinstalled the app 2 times already. I have verified permissions via Disk Utility. It only works well with other user (also admin). Any ideas? I have seem some similar posts here but no solution. Please help. Thanks in advance.
MacMini (powerPC) Windows XP Pro

I'm having the same problem. It seems to happen as iTunes is trying to parse my music files after it starts. Gapless playback was someone's thought, but I turned that off.
That was when I could still catch it before the crash. NOw it starts up and crashes instantly.
This started happening when I had to upgrade to 7.0.2 from 6.?.? because I bought a shuffle.

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