ITunes won't start - Unknown error 13014 (solved)

I'm posting this up to add to the combined wisdom and help somebody suffering the same difficulty.
I recently bought an iPod Touch so of course had to download iTunes (9.0.3.15) in order just to turn it on for the first time (not happy - I bought it to use as a stand-alone device and I don't think Apple should presume I have a PC or want to connect an iPod to it).
Computer OS: WinXP SP2
Anyway, everything was fine to start with, iPod started up and I began to explore it, then I used iTunes on the PC (iPod not connected) to have a look around the apps store, downloaded a few little freebies as a taster.
Then came the problems. Next time I tried to run iTunes on the PC, it wouldn't start and an error message window popped up "*Unknown error 13014*".
I googled the problem and found this forum, and the suggested solutions comprised:
1. Delete the Library Genius database files
2. Clean the Windows registry
3. Uninstall and reinstall iTunes
4. Wind back to a previous version of iTunes
I didn't try number 4, but I did everything else to no effect (the database files are in My Documents\My Music\iTunes by the way). I uninstalled, cleaned the registry, rebooted, installed, cleaned the registry, rebooted... still no good.
Then I spotted something which suggested I needed XP SP3 (didn't see why it should make a difference as iTunes had worked originally), and I have always been reluctant to interfere with a working PC, but with trepidation I bit the bullet and updated. To no effect (but at least I haven't broken anything).
So I re-read the forum advice and had an idea. *I renamed the iTunes directory (in My Music) so that it wouldn't be found when iTunes starts, lo and behold iTunes started up fine* and built a new iTunes directory.
The old directory contains the free apps I downloaded, I don't know if one of them is causing the problem but I might try copying the files over and see if anything breaks. I will post again if I find out anything.

PS: I have the corrupt iTunes folder preserved, I can zip it up and email it if the support team would like to dissect it.

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