"iTunes has stopped working" when attempting to launch

First off, I've tried everything the Apple troubleshooting section has suggested (uninstalling iTunes+Quicktime, clearing temp file, etc), and I've yet to have any success.
This is extremely frustrating, and annoying. I've purchased at least ~$150 of iTunes store material, and I am unable to add/remove media to my multiple iTunes.
Basically, whenever I double-click the iTunes icon, I'll get the busy-cursor, and then Windows announces "iTunes has stopped working" and has no suggestions other then downloading the latest version of iTunes (which hasn't worked).
I've been a big fan of Apple products for years, and this is the first time I've had trouble with either the software, or the hardware.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Message was edited by: Bigtex5150

First my iPod, when plugged into the USB port, my computer kept saying that nothing was there, when i tried to upgrade my iTunes to 7.5 version, it wouldnt let me, my computer kept reading Invalid Drive: F:/, i had to use someone elses computer to make a copy of the 7.5 version on to a disk, then i was able to uploaded and run it to my computer. The second part of this trick, was having to get iTunes and my own computer to recognize that my iPod was in the USB connection, finally once i upgraded to 7.5, as soon as i plugged in my iPod into the computer, iTunes recognized it, i quickly went straight to Restore Ipod, turns out that my iPod had a "BUG" thats why the invalid F drive was showing up, thats why i could not upgrade to 7.5, and how a bug got into my ipod sense everything i have ever downloaded and uploaded has been off of Apple.s website, they assure that their songs are infected free, but i beg to differ since it took 4 years for my iPod (which was a week ago) to actually have a serious problem.

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