ITunes will no longer rip or burn CDs

When I start iTunes it says "iTunes was not properly installed. If you wish to import or burn CDs, you need to reinstall iTunes."
When I try and reinstall, it says that I have a newer version and it can not complete the install.
I have been burning and importing for over a year, plus buying so I have over 1400 songs.
If i uninstall and start over I'm assuming that I will lose all my songs. don't want that!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

have all the little checkboxes to the left of your songs become unchecked?
if so, Ctrl-click on one of the boxes to do a "global recheck". do you get continuous play again?

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