Itunes application could not open. Unknown error ocurred (-50)

Since this morning im having trouble accesing my itunes due to the error (Itunes application could not open.Unknown error ocurred (-50)). I restarted the computer, unistalled and installed the current version of itunes and still have the error. Do any of you know how to solve this problem?

My Itunes doesnt work either.
It doesnt start.
This program doesnt work and will be closed.
I have uninstalled and whaited a week and installed again, but it doesnt work.'
What am i going to do?
HELP

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