ITunes causing computer to freeze

Whenever I have iTunes running, when I click on it, or choose a song, or open it
ANYTHING
It will freeze my computer for a couple of seconds, lock my mouse position, whatever I'm doing
It even happens when I play games, it will freeze the game, then continue
When I close iTunes it stops freezing altogether
I would love some help, please

I have pretty much given up hope. I have not been able to use iTunes since I got a new computer on 1/29/08. Apple doesn't seem to care or think that there is a problem. I am in the process of converting my files back to mp3 but am trying to figure out how to salvage the 200 protected aac files that I have. Very disapointing that it has taken this long.

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With the Error 2, let's try a standalone Apple Application Support install. It still might not install, but fingers crossed any error messages will give us a better idea of the underlying cause of the issue.
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Download and install the free trial version of WinRAR:
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finally worked! I found this post and it has finally worked I understand it is the same as WHATHECK's answer so thanks WHATHECK!
You have to be certain that you have backed up your Library's and Playlists and that you are doing the one in the root (if like me you use a HD any old library/playlists instead of deleting them put them some were safe just incase and make sure you are re-creating the library from your root folder i.e user/music/itunes
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