ITunes not launching anymore................

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction and help me fix this problem.
A week ago iTunes 7.7.1 (the latest version just before V8), stopped working on my pc. When I say stopped working, I mean it won't launch. I can see the exe running in task manager - iTunes.exe, but the program itself is nowhere visible on the desktop.
I have tried the following to fix this.
1. Reinstalled iTunes (just before v8 came out), and did a repair. No change.
2. I have not attempted to remove it and then re-install as I don't want to lose all my configuration and playlist data. So my question is if I have to try a remove and fresh install, can someone please explain how I can backup my configuration via the windows explorer so that I can still have access to my playlilsts etc?
3. I downloaded iTunes V8 last night and installed and still no luck. The program will just not start. I can see the pc trying to get it going - the hard drive spins etc and I can see the exe in Task manager, however no program running.
Has anyone else run into something similar? Can anyone suggest what else to try to do to fix this?
I want to upgrade my iPhone firmware to 2.1 when that comes out and need to add a whole bunch of songs to my phone and now I can't do that anymore. This is very frustrating and annoying.

Without actually looking at your machine, it sounds like you have a registry problem. With both WinXP and Vista, the registry can become corrupted over time. I know you do not want to uninstall and re-install, but that is truly your only option. When I mean an uninstall, you have to get rid of any leftover registry entries for both iTunes and Quicktime as well as removing both programs.
You can do this from Control Panel-Programs and Features for Vista, and Control Panel-Add Remove Programs for Win XP. After your list of programs fully loads, select Quicktime first then click uninstall. Then do iTunes the same way. Next you need to ensure that all references for these programs are removed from the registry. I did this by running a registry scan using a program called CCleaner. It is an awesome freeware program that scans your registry and cleans it. You can get it from http://www.ccleaner.com
I had to do that in order to get iTunes V8 to run under Vista, I did not loose my playlists and configuration settings. I know this was not what you wanted to hear. I hope this helps

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