ITunes won't open, I've tried everything

I am hoping that someone can help as I've been having this problem since 3/23. My iTunes will not open. Everytime I try I get the generic "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." message. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times. I have checked for problems with quicktime. Quicktime works fine. I have tried setting up a new user account to see if it works there, it does not. I have tried a system restore on my laptop, I have run a registry cleaner, I have done everything short of offering my first born to get it to work. Please help. I really hate having to use windows media player. Thank you so much!

ya, I have the same problem. Restarting the computer seems to make iTunes work again, at least for me, but even after doing that, iTunes still stops working a lot. I wish they could just come out with that update that will fix all this. If i find anything that might fix it, I'll reply again and tell you how to fix it, 'cause I've been trying to fix this thing almost all day everyday.

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