Itunes wont open (sometimes)

I just started to use i tunes and i phone. Sometimes i tunes works perfectly and I can sync and see my music etc. But other times when trying to open nothing happens. i tunes wont open. I don't see any error message and I do see it as running in task manager.
If I restart the computer I first get the dialog about a non responding program and need to choose end now.
After restarting i tunes will work fine for a while. Then the story repeats...
What should I do?

Please, can anyone help?
The problem still continues. iTunes will work once but if I close it and want to open again Ill have to reboot. Rebooting so many times is not fun...

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