ITunes isn't working, and I can't work out what to do

Hi, been trying (half-heartedly for the last 8 months) to sort out iTunes on our eMac. We currently have iTune 4.9 on, but it won't play anything. Have tried in the past to delete the application, as advised by someone previously, but I can't as I haven't got it's root or something to that effect.
Please help as my husband can't use his music!

Hello jammymummy,
sorry to hear about your iTunes woes.
8 months.... Ouch! I don't have a solution for
yall but I do have a couple of suggestions.
1. Post your question again; however, post
it at the Mac OS X v10.3 & earlier category. It is located to the right of the
iTunes category on the discussions page. I have seen questions regarding
v10.2 there. Include the part about how you may have deleted another
iTunes version. Important... before you post the question open iTunes
and in the header bar under iTunes select about iTunes. Write down
which version you have (3 numbers) to include it in your post. Then go the
apple at the top left of the screen and from the pull down menu select
about this Mac. Again write down 3 numbers which version of Mac OS X
you have. Then select more info so you can include in your post your
CPU speed, how much RAM and HD size. In your finder window look at the
bottom to see how much space is left on it.
2. Since you mentioned the deleting files it would
be a good idea to do some hard drive routine maintenance.
Nothing in-depth or difficult usually just a few steps.
Ask about repairing permissions with disk utility.
As I do not have v10.2 I can not help yall further.
I hope these suggestions will help you some.
Like millions of others we just want our Macs to do
a few things and music is one of those things.
8 months...Wow! Yall have patience. Hope this helps you.
Good Luck & Cheers,
A

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