ITunes Update: Cannot Locate iTunes.msi

I am currently attempting to update my iTunes to the most recent version (I believe it is 10.5.11).
However, I am currently stuck due to a popup during the installation process which states that I need to locate the "iTunes.msi" file.
If I press cancel, iTunes is not able to complete the installation process because "cannot uninstall the previous version of iTunes".
I have read through several discussions which states to download Microsoft Fixit and run the program which should detect this problem
and fix it automatically.  When I run this program, it cannot find a problem and states everything is okay.  In addition, I tried to uninstall
iTunes manually through my control panel, but the same problem as above occurs.  It cannot locate "iTunes.msi".  I am getting very
frustrated with this issue because I have an iPhone and would like to update my songs but my iTunes will not function properly.
I am currently running Windows XP.
Thank you in advance for your time and any help will be greatly appreciated.

Download the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from the following page (use one of the links under the thingy on the Major Geeks page):
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4459
To install the utility, doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file you downloaded.
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install Clean Up"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select anyiTunes entries and click "Remove", as per the following screenshot:
Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?

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