ITunes no longer opens - please help.

I have no idea what I may have done but here's what it shows when I click on the iTunes icon after a couple of months of giving up on it...Windows Installer - Preparing to Install. Then an erro box pops up showing Problem with Shortcut: The Windows Installer Service could not be accessed. THis can occur if you are running Windows in safe mode or if the Wondows Installer is not correctly installed. Contact your support personnel for assistance.
Okay, so I'm not in safe mode. Today I went to download an update up iTunes 8 thinging I may have uninstalled something by accident doing something else so I would get it back by installing iTunes 8. Nope, the same messages appeared.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I miss iTunes!

I googled on "Windows Installer Service could not be accessed" and the one I posted was the top hit. There were others from the Microsoft website - it sure seems like a WIndows problem, and not necessarily an iTunes problem.
This second hit talks about re-registering the Windows Installer service.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315346
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I had the same and I feel that your library is corrupted. Don’t be afraid since I could repair the iTunes following the next steps:
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9. Windows users: Click Open.
Moreover you should follow the next steps.
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