ITunes clears "My Music" Registry value

I have just tried to install iTunes (7.0.2.16) on my Wife's 2 PC's (Desktop w/XP Pro & Laptop w/XP Home both running Avast Anti Virus).
When I try to run iTunes, and I agree to the SLA then I get the "The folder iTunes cannot be created ....." dialog.
I then go to regedit, and find that the registry key which tells Windows where the folder "My Music" is has been cleared, I re-enter the data and restart windows, checking with regedit that the key is still intact, then attempt to start iTunes again, and get the error again, then recheck the registry only to find that the key has been cleared again.
This happens on both PC's & also with an earlier (6, point not known) version of iTunes.
Can anybody help me?

It appears that there are two registry keys which store the location of Windows Special folders:
HKEYCURRENTUSER/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/Shell Folders
and
HKEYCURRENTUSER/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/User Shell Folders
I was only editing the first key.
The situation arose when I used the Microsoft XP Powertoy TweakUI to change the special folder location to a Ximeta NetDisk external drive, but have since moved it to a dedicated FreeBSD based file server, but the most recent version of TweakUI has removed the option to change the "My Music" location forcing me to enter the registry myself.
17" MacBook Pro + 60 GB iPod Photo Mac OS X (10.4.7) HP zd8000 Laptop running Windows XP Media Center

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