Itunes will not open and error msg states invalid characters

Itunes will not open nor can I unistall and re download the software. error message states "the Program files contain an invalid character"
All other programs, including quicktime run fine. Please advise.

A bit odd. That's usually an installation error. So if it is going off when you try to launch iTunes, it must be happening when the iTunes Setup Assistant runs (that involves running an installer routine).
What is the drive letter of the drive on which you have the iTunes Program files installed? If it's a high letter (higher than C: ), has the drive letter of that drive changed recently?
(Checking on this because a drive letter change out from under the program files can confuse the registry, and produce similar messages.)

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Hello,
I am also having the same issue with everyone else in that iTunes will not open. This happened to me about two weeks ago and I uninstalled and reinstalled the version that came with my iPod. I figured that after a couple of weeks Apple would have figured out the glitch and fixed it. Wrong. B was asking another user if iTunes.exe was appearing and then disappearing in the Task Manager. I am having the oposite issue in that I cannot End Task in the Task Manager on iTunes.exe. What is up? Can anyone help me? Thanks for the support!

hi bummed! (you do realise that you're stuck with that alias for the forseeable future, don't you?)
B was asking another user if iTunes.exe was appearing and then disappearing in the Task Manager. I am having the oposite issue in that I cannot End Task in the Task Manager on iTunes.exe. What is up?
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302386
keep us posted.
love, b

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hi bummed! (you do realise that you're stuck with that alias for the forseeable future, don't you?)
B was asking another user if iTunes.exe was appearing and then disappearing in the Task Manager. I am having the oposite issue in that I cannot End Task in the Task Manager on iTunes.exe. What is up?
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keep us posted.
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