Itunes will not open/ cannot uninstall quicktime

Since restoring my PC following installation of replacement harddrive, I cannot get into itunes. It says itunes has encountered problem and needs to close. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it will not let me uninstall Quicktunes. I get a DLL function call crashed error. Can anyone help? Thanks/

Emma,
I was able to get my iTunes working again - I can't remember the exact order of my steps as I was at my wits end, but I did have luck when I followed the Windows Troubleshooting tips for "Clean up iTunes installer files on the computer" http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93976
I believe that I did the following steps:
-I installed the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility then opened it via Start/All Programs/Windows Install Cleanup. (see more detailed instructions in the article referenced above.)
- I selected iTunes from the list and clicked Remove
- I also selected QuickTime from the list and clicked Remove.
- I restarted my PC after exiting Windows Installer Cleanup
- I checked for QuickTime and iTunes in my Control Panel/Add Remove Programs and removed them if they existed
- I may have restarted my PC again at this point
- I then downloaded standalone versions of QuickTime (I did this before iTunes) and iTunes. I found the links to the standalone versions of these applications on the same document with the Clean up iTunes Installer files instructions.
- I did another re-start of my PC
After doing this, my iTunes miraculously worked again and all of my song files were intact from the restore that I did after clearing my hard drive.
I urge you to try this at your own risk... it worked for me, but I'm not an expert. Maybe someone else will see this and can confirm that this is a good fix for you too. I'm sure if you're as frustrated as I was, you are willing to try almost anything!
Good luck!
Stasia

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