ITunes crashing (only when iPod Touch is connected)

It just started last night. Anytime I try to add music to the library or choose the folder to sync photos from, basically anytime iTunes has to access explorer to browse folder, it crashes and it doesn't give me any sort of error. It just tells me it has crashed and is reporting the problem. Like I said though, this only happens when the iPod Touch is connected. If I unplug it and then add music, it works fine but without it plugged in I can't add photos. Also, if I already have iTunes open and then connect the iPod, it crashes. I have to have the iPod already connected and then I can open iTunes.
Any ideas? I switched to using iTunes as my default player because WMP had too many issues. I don't want to have to go back.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
iPod: 32GB iPod Touch 3rd generation on latest official firmware

More info: iTunes generates a standard WinXP Send Error Report/Don't Send error message.
The Error Signature is:
AppName: itunes.exe
AppVer: 8.0.2.20
ModName: quicktime.qts
ModVer: 7.55.90.70
Offset: 009fd1a7
I tried on another PC. Same crash. It seems either the problem is on the iPod Touch side, or some more general problem with iTunes.

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