ITunes Won't Launch on My Compuer...No Error Message

I can't seem to access my iTunes on my Mac. When I click on the icon, it bounces on the toolbar once, then nothing happens. I've tried opening it up from the applications window, to no avail. Even when I insert a CD, it just shows up on the desktop as "Audio CD", but still can't get it to play. Does this sound familiar to anyone??

The first thing to do, is go to ~user/Library/Preferences and copy the main iTunes .plist (com.apple.iTunes.plist) file to the desktop as a backup you can restore if this doesn't work.
Next, trash the .plist file in Prefs, and empty Trash. Then, launch iTunes. Does it work now?

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