ITunes not launching because of newer version?

Since yesterday I have been unable to launch iTunes. I clicked on the icon on my desktop and it started to do what looked like an update. When it finished it left this message 'The file "iTunes Library itl" cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes'.
I would really like some feedback on this, because I've looked all over this forum and can't find anybody with the same problems. I have searched Apples problem solving pages and can't find the answer.

By way of experiment, try downloading and installing the latest version of iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Does that install go through okay? If not, let us know what error message you get. (Precise text, please.)
If the install does go through okay, try launching iTunes again. Does it launch without the error message this time?

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