Macbook iTunes won't quit or open

I was syncing my sisters iPhone to iTunes and she unplugged it and later I tried syncing my iPhone and it was still trying to cancel the sync from hers so I tried closing iTunes but now it won't quit or reopen and computer won't restart because the app is open.

Hi ..
Force quit iTunes.
Command + Option + Esc

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He suggested opening the activity monitor then quitting the process genredetection.
When I went to the activity monitor, I saw I had two genredetection processes operating. I stopped both of them. iTunes went back to normal.
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I thought I would pass this on for others.

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Hi Andrew,
Does iTunes quit correctly when using an alternate iTunes library(on the internal drive)? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
Have you installed any plug-ins or add-ons for an earlier version of iTunes? If you have try removing them as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TA22611
Does iTunes quit correctly in another user account?
If the issue persists in another user account and the primary account after pulling the plug-ins, try completely removing iTunes as described here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224
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I opened my itunes to listen to one song after finishing the song to completion I went to the "Quit itunes" tab at the top and nothing happened. after waiting a few minutes tried again, still nothing happens so I went to the itunes icon in my dock right click to close and still nothing happened, itunes will not close.
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 > Force Quit > select iTunes > Force Quit

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