ITunes Match fails at step 1 every time and won't work! Stuck in fail loop!

I subscribed to iTunes match a few days ago and the first time i tried to sync my library it got up to step 3 and was halfway through uploading the rest of my library when i accidentally closed itunes. When i rebooted iTunes i restarted the match sync and now it doesnt get past step 1. When it gets up to the final stage of step 1 an error message comes up 'iTunes has stopped working' and I have to close itunes, when i reboot iTunes and start matc again, it starts from the beggining of step 1 fails again. I am stuck in a loop!
Please can someone help me Ive tried everything!
I have winows 7 home premium

It would be useful to know which files iTunes Match is stalling on, but I can't find any way to do that.

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