Music does not play in iTunes

When I play a song in iTunes or in the iTunes Store, the Play triangle symbol turns into the two line Pause symbol, but the time does not tick up (stays at 0:00, I can click on the timeline and then it'll just stay on that time) and nothing plays.
I've had iTunes for a long time and it's always worked before. I re-downloaded it and did 'repair' but it didn't fix the problem.

A long shot, but try turning off the Compatibility Mode; it may have been off and something else has turned it on:
iTunes for Windows: How to turn off Compatibility Mode
If that doesn't help, there are some additional suggestions in the document linked at the bottom of that page.
Hope this helps.

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