ITunes update failed and completely buggered installer.

A few weeks ago iTunes aked to get yet ANOTHER upgrade.
Well this one has completely buggered everything up. The files downloaded and the installer initiated but never actually started installing it just sat in the background running and doing nothing.
I have since searched for any way to remedy this problem to no avail.
What did iTunes/Quicktime do to my installer?

(sorry for butting in, Katrina)
hi turboICE!
hmmm. we don't get many reports of an install "hanging" at that stage of proceedings. but there are a few rarer possibilities that we probably should check up on.
are you running Cygwin on that PC? (i believe this might still be an issue for itunes 6.0.x installs.)
iTunes 5 and QuickTime 7 for Windows: Installation won't work if Cygwin is running
... but other background applications have also been known to cause hangs at odd times too. so it might be worth trying switching all of 'em off prior to the install:
Close Applications Running in the Background
... and the other InstallShield Tips and Pointers might be worth trying too:
InstallShield Consumer Central Frequently Asked Questions: Tips and Pointers
keep us posted.
love, b

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