Keeps trying to start on other user accounts

When multiple users are logged in, iTunes keeps trying to start up on the non-active users' accounts and failing. I've found past threads with no answers to this issue, so is there a solution to this problem?

I use a PC running Vista Ultimate 64 and I have the same problem. In fact, I'm having it now, as I write. When one user on my machine has iTunes open, other users will get the error messsage window that says you can't start iTunes because someone else has it open. EVEN WHEN YOU'RE NOT TRYING to run iTunes. When I have the Windows Task Manager open, iTunes.exe will NOT be running, then suddenly you see it there and the message appears. When the message disappears, iTunes.exe disappears from the task manager. A little while later, you see iTunes.exe reappear, and the error window open...
Sure, if I close iTunes on the other user, it solves the problem as a work around, but I want to fix it.
I've removed iTunes from startup, unchecked "look for shared libraries", installed the 64 bit iTunes through Internet Explorer, yada, yada, yada...
Is there no iTunes tech support from Apple???

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