Roxio Easy CD Creator

A few weeks ago I installed Easy CD Creator 6 on my machine to duplicate some data CDs. The machine refused to read any disks inserted, so I uninstalled CD Creator and gave up. Since then i-tunes puts a message on the screen to the effect that drivers are missing due to installing other CD burning software and that i-tunes should be re-installed. I have done this several times but it makes no difference. I cannot import anything into i-tunes. Can anyone help with this?

... That'll teach me for being so convinced it was a filter conflict. If the UpperFilters entry is missing altogether, that can also cause the "Registry settings" message.
For instructions on how to create a new UpperFilters entry, see *step 11* of the following document:
[iTunes for Windows: "Registry settings" warning when opening iTunes|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3299]

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