ITunes won't start in Windows

I've used ITunes for many years. Just upgraded to 8 and suddenly ITunes won't open. It throws the error message "the Itunes Library.itl file cannot be found or created. The default location is in the ITUNES folder in the My Music folder.
The Library file was there, but it was "changed". I tried to delete that file and replace it with a backup library file in the same directory but that didn't work. I've tried to "repair" the installation and that didn't work. I've tried to remove the app and reinstall. All produce the same error message.
Please help.

I got the same sort of problem but i cant find were to create a topic so post it here for now.
im running vista 64bit and i have the 64bit version of itunes when i open it the process runs but itunes does not display i tried restarting a number of times killing the process even uninstalled and re installed but still every time i open it no display, Anyone got any things i can try ?

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