ITunes settings lost on every Windows 8 reboot

I have a Windows 8 laptop and I am using iTunes 64bit version. This problem occured in the previous version and the newly released 11.0.5.5. Every day I properly close all open programs and shutdown. When I reboot the next day, I open iTunes to annoyingly find that the settings I change are reset and the "Welcome to iTunes" screen comes up. I even tried uninstalling and reinstalling to no avail. Why is this happening and how do I stop it?

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