ITunes install error message, please help!

I have had ITunes installed on my laptop since before Christmas. This week I started getting a pop up message saying "ITunes was not properly installed, etc." Is there any easy way to fix this problem or do I need to uninstall and reinstall? If I go the un/reinstall route, will I lose all loaded and purchased music? Also, how to I keep my IPod from losing all the songs on it when I reconnect it for the first time? Thanks for any help!

hi floyd!
ITunes was not properly installed, etc."
what's the precise text of your error message? (there's a couple of different ones i'm thinking of that you might possibly be getting.)
love, b

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