ITunes won't start in Win7 - tried everything, no luck

I've had an iPod Nano for only a few months. iTunes worked one day, then the next it does not.
I'm running Win7, 64bit, iTunes version 10.6.0.40 (the latest).
When I attempt to launch iTunes (from the Start menu) I can see iTunes.exe briefly launch in the Task Manager. I also see AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe and distnoted.exe in the Task Manager as well.
All three of these close by themselves. No error message, nothing on screen, iTunes does not even display an icon on the task bar. If I didn't have the Task Manager open it would look like nothing is happening (which really it isn't).
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, now on the latest version of iTunes. I've tried the Repair option in the Control Panel, I've tried running as Admin... nothing works.
I can see my Nano as a drive in my Computer, but of course can't do anything with it. If I plug the nano into my work computer, also Win7 64, iTunes runs without a problem.
What else is there to do? Any suggestions? iTunes is just now a waste of space on my computer.....
Thanks!
Karl.

I just tried the Win7 msconfig option, again with absolutely no luck, and the same 3 processes starting then closing in the task manager.
Looks like so many people having this issue, and nothing from apple to fix it!!!

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