ITunes quits when iPod attached

OK, My mac crashed this morning and since then, when I plug in my iPod with iTunes running, it quits. I can get it to work from an alternate login, so I have tried trashing all the itunes and ipod plist files on my main login and replacing them with the ones on my alternate login. I also moved all the folders named "sync service" and "sync services" onto the desktop. Repaired permissions, ran disk warrior. Nothing works! I know I had this problem several months ago and forgot to save the solution!
Anyone remember the solution to this?

Update: I tried everything I could find on here and finally itunes recognized the ipod. That was yesterday.
Today, the ipod won't power up, won't charge, won't do anything. It's about a year old.
Help! What's wrong now!!!!!!

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How to "Open iTunes automatically when iPod is connected"....

...without having them sync automatically? I'm able to do this on my MBP just fine. The solution on my MBP is to uncheck "prevent ipods, ipads, iphones from syncing automatically" under Devices Preferences. Then I'm able to check "Open iTunes when Ipod is connected" under my iPod's Summary Options. After that i can then go back a uncheck "prevents Ip.... from syncing automatically".
Unfortunately, this option doesn't seem to be available to Windows users. or is it?
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this will solve half of my issue while coincidentally causing the other half of it.
I want to be able to:
Open iTunes automatically when iPod is connected
AND
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I own an 5th Gen iPod Video of 30 GB. I'm getting around iTunes 7 and even though there are things I'm still getting used to; this is close to freaking me out.
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Thanks for the question. I understand you are experiencing some issues with iTunes for Windows. The following resources may help to resolve your issue:
iTunes for Windows: System restarts, blue screen, or quits unexpectedly when accessing iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3441
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good lord.
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I'm giving my brother my old Mac iPod and just
reformatted it so he can start using it on his PC.
Everything is working fine except that iTunes will
not automatically launch when the iPod is attached.
All the settings are correct and all software is
installed properly. I have enabled disk use and can
see that the iPod is recognized immediately because
it mounts as an external drive but I wait and wait
and wait and iTunes does not launch. When I launch
iTunes manually, the iPod shows up in the source
column within seconds. I only have Macs at home and
a Sony Vaio laptop PC that I use for AutoCAD so I
can only confirm this as a problem on my PC. I have
MediaFour's MacDrive 6 installed and wondering if
that is somehow conflicting. Any ideas on a fix for
this?
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