Software updater ruined itunes! help!

my itunes was running fine until i ran the software updater yesterday (1/26/06). i can only assume that that caused the problem, though i don't really know.
now when i try to open itunes the black arrow appears next to it on the dock but that is the only indication that it's open. no screen appears. i can't access an itunes menu. nothing. i can just force quit it. i've tried reinstalling from the website but it's no use. it is, however, very possible that i did not delete all relevent files before reinstalling. i just don't know.
does anybody have any suggestions? thanks...

Try deleting your iTunes preference files (com.apple.itunesxxx.plist, in your user's Library -> Preference folder) and see if that helps.

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An unexpected error occurred.
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Marker - Dec 17, 2014 11:43:08 AM
Dec 17 11:45:36 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[754]: JS: 10.7.5
Dec 17 11:45:37 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM ->T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: inHostDiskUDS=0x107a39c20=disk0s2=Macintosh HD inWhatStr=RecoveryInfoBaseSystemVersion
Dec 17 11:45:38 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: did get booterRecoveryUDS=0x107a39ae0=disk0s3=Recovery HD
Dec 17 11:45:39 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: did mount nobrowse; MP=/Volumes/Recovery HD OMS=0x7f9903006430
Dec 17 11:45:39 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: getting dict from file=/Volumes/Recovery HD/com.apple.recovery.boot/SystemVersion.plist
Dec 17 11:45:39 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: got dict (or NULL=will return err): oooInfoDict=0x7f9901419cb0
Dec 17 11:45:40 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM ..T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: did if-needed-best-effort unmount
Dec 17 11:45:40 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro diskmanagementd[769]: DM <-T-[DMToolBootPreference recoveryPartitionInfoForVolume:what:dict:]: retErr=0 outInfoDict={
     ProductBuildVersion = 11D2001;
     ProductCopyright = "1983-2012 Apple Inc.";
     ProductName = "Mac OS X";
     ProductUserVisibleVersion = "10.7.3";
     ProductVersion = "10.7.3";
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Dec 17 11:45:51: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec 17 11:45:51 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[754]: JS: Firmware is up to date.
Dec 17 11:45:51: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec 17 11:45:51 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[754]: JS: model = MacBookPro8,1
Dec 17 11:45:52 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[754]: JS: 10.7.5
Dec 17 11:46:01: --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Dec 17 11:46:01 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[764]: Acquired Lock: 501, 754, 0
Dec 17 11:46:01 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[764]: Releasing Lock: 501, 754, 0
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Dec 17 11:46:27 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro Software Update[764]: Acquired Lock: 501, 754, 0
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Dec 17 11:47:58 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro installd[760]: PackageKit: request=PKInstallRequest <5 packages, destination=/>
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     "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/zzzz031-08056/iTunesAccess.pkg>",
     "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/zzzz031-08056/CoreFP.pkg>",
     "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/zzzz031-08056/CoreADI.pkg>",
     "PKLeopardPackage <file://localhost/Library/Updates/zzzz031-08056/MobileDevice.pkg>"
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Dec 17 11:48:01 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro installd[760]: PackageKit: Will do receipt-based obsoleting for package identifier com.apple.pkg.iTunesAccess (prefix path=/)
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Dec 17 11:48:30 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro installd[760]: PackageKit: update_dyld_shared_cache -overlay /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root
Dec 17 11:49:16 Mihirs-MacBook-Pro installd[760]: PackageKit: xpchelper --rebuild-cache --overlay /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n0000000000000/Cleanup At Startup/PKInstallSandbox-tmp/Root
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The installation failed.
The install encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance.
Please help.
Please help to get iTunes install.

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