ITunes fails to launch, popps up in task manager then dissapears

This has happened for the last three versions of iTunes for me. I looked for a solution, but nothing helped. I deleted registry, I scanned for viruses... nothing. Please all I want is my iTunes back!
Windows XP

Hey Golden H,
Does iTunes launch with the security applications disabled?
This article: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302538 will show howto do a selective startup which will rule out any application conflicts.
The security software may need to be reconfigured.
Jason

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has steps to take to enable iTunes to automatically launch when your iPhone is connected that may help:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3927
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Hi all,
apologies for the repost here, but i have yet to find a solution and im new to the boards (i hope im not breaking etiquette!)
My problem is with Itunes not launching in windows 7 64 bit.
* I have uninstalled/reinstalled all itunes/quicktime components - no luck
* I have tried disableing the bonjour service - no luck
* When i try to launch the application it shows in task manager as a running 32bit process, but there is no GUI.
* I have tried a new user account, no luck
* I have gone through the apple support suggestions around launch issues
* I have run msconfig and closed off all processes bar itunes, still no luck.
* I have deleted the itunes config files.
* I have tried loading with another library.
* I have updated windows with all updates and SP1.
* i have tried to download an old version of itunes and install it, and even now it wont work!
At this stage i have tried every suggestion on every forum i can find, barring two that i found this morning which i will try in an hour or twos time (im in work haha), 1 - to simply repair the installations of itunes/Qt/Bonjour, i think thats a longshot, and 2 - to delete replace the icuuc40.dll file with a version from an older release of ITunes.
im beginning to think that i-tunes 10.2 just doesnt work on the windows 64bit OS! At this stage im thinking ill have to use songbird or winamp to transfer files to my apple devices, what a shocker.
I would greatly greatly appreciate any help or advice anyone can offer as im pretty stressed about it now!
Many thanks,
Dave
p.s. as ive ran a clean boot is it fair to say that its not a conflict issue?

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I did a search and couldnt find exactly what I was looking for...
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