Restoring the iTunes application completely

I'm am kind of a new Macbook user, so please excuse my current stupidity, im not entirely tech-savvy. I was wondering if there is a way to completely restore the iTunes application because i stupidly downloaded the iLike sidebar for iTunes. I don't want it and i went to the help forum for iLike to remove this plugin but when i did the required steps to remove it the specific file (iLike.bundle) was not where it was said to be (iTunes Plug-Ins). There's no way, at the moment, that I can uninstall this so i was wondering if I can simply restore iTunes to its original state without the stupid iLike sidebar. And if there is a way is there a possibility that my music files won't be erased at all (theres like a 1,000 of them so im counting on the fact that they won't delete...)?
Thanks in advance, hope y'all can help!

I feel for you -
When I installed the 8.0.1 patch on my iMac, I noticed that iTunes quit working correctly after importing some new tracks. It would not quit. I had to force quit but then it would not open correctly the next time and it would not quit. From that point on, my computer went down hill. When I installed the latest security patch and executed a reboot, the system would not come up. I used my 10.5 DVD and repaired permissions, etc. Nothing worked. I booted off my backup drive and everything works fine.
Even on my backup drive iTunes will not come up. I don't get an error but the Dock icon says "Application Not Responding". I renamed the iTunes folder and it created a new one on initial startup but it just hangs. I deleted iTunes, rebooted, re-installed iTunes and have the same thing.
Tonight I experienced the same issue with iTunes not quitting on my MacBook Pro !

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