Setup assistant running every time I open iTunes

Hi,
I'm having a really annoying problem with iTunes - ever since I installed the latest version, the setup assistant pops up EVERY time I open iTunes. I finally let it run all the way through one day in hopes that would put a stop to it, but to no avail. It actually duplicated many things in my library and made random changes here and there to album artwork and song/artist/album names (that I didn't want changed and had to spend a LOT of time correcting). Once I click cancel, it takes me into iTunes as normal but I don't want the assistant coming up every time I open the program. I haven't been able to find any help topics on this issue. I've tried re-installing, it didn't help. Assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you,
Lori

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