ITunes locks up after 7.5 install

I guess a lot of folks are having this or similar problems. I'm running a PC laptop with XP. Have used iTunes successfully for awhile--no problems. Last week, after downloading iTunes 7.5, iTunes first dumped 95% of my songs from my library. Even after recovering them, some are missing. ITunes is now frozen, though I got it to work for awhile. My recreated library, which was all downloaded via iTunes, now has many songs with no info, telling me I need to re-download them using iTunes. I can't--iTunes is frozen, and it will take weeks to reload dozens of CD's once (if?) it works again. Irony--the 7.5 updates do not pertain to me. I was fine the way I was. Apple probably (almost certainly) caused this issue, but it's now my problem.

Dan,
After upgrading to 7.5, my iTunes would open and start playback, but then freeze entire system.
Managed to fix it by uninstalling Quicktime (add/remove programs), and reinstalling the older, v7.2 Quicktime (search these posts for the download link).
It worked for me. Will only take 10 minutes, so might be worth a try...
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