ITunes refuses to start - but process is running (can take up to 5 mins to start!)

When i click to load itunes (10.5.1), the process starts up, but no application loads in task manager. Sometimes i get a small dialog box popping up showing 'Checking iTunes Library', and then nothing for a good 5-10 minutes. Finally iTunes loads, and once it has done that, the program operates as normal.
I've tried rolling back to 10.4.2 and the problem still persists.
This error occurred out of the blue on my new desktop machine, but i had been using itunes without issue for over 2 weeks on it.
I've done a complete windows reinstall of the machine, and then reinstalled itunes, and the problem still persists.
Even before importing my library, the program is slow to load, so its not a library size issue.
I'm on windows 7 professional 64bit SP1, fully updated. Processor is an i7-2700k, with dual ati 5850 cards, running on the latest 11.11 drivers.
Itunes is installed on a 120GB vertex 3 SSD. The library is on a secondary mechanical local hard disk.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance

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