Itunes won't open - help!

I have been using itunes for 3 months without any problem and for the past week it will not work. The problem I am getting is when I double click the itunes shortcut, sometimes an egg timer is displayed for 10 secs, then nothing. On other times, I manage to get the itunes licensing agreement on screen. I have tried everything to get it working - I've clicked on save, then agree. I've clicked on save, then disagree but itunes still won't open. I have read through the support section on the itunes website and carried out the following:
1. uninstalled & reinstalled itunes
2. uninstalled & reinstalled quicktime
3. run windows clean up to uninstall itunes & quicktime
4. rebooted PC so many times and wasted so many hours!
I am now at a complete loss at what to do next. I still have the same problem - itunes icon is on desktop but nothing happens when I double click. Can someone please please help?
Thanks
Jackie

hi Jackie!
When I open up Task Manager, itunes application is running and I can't kill the process without rebooting my PC.
usually i associate that "running itunes.exe process That Will Not Die" symptom with nasty version of the NIS 2005 itunes launch suppressions ... but you've got McAfee ...
let's quickly check up on a possibility that can also result in you seeing a running itunes.exe (even though itunes silently fails to launch):
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