To those who are having problems with itunes after installing new itunes!

Question

i found this solution in another post after much searching. thank you to whoever posted this i didnt write down your name. if you follow step by step it actually works! ty so much mystery person!here is their post:
+**So after contacting apple, heres the solution. Make sure u do all steps, and do both.**+
+**Completely Remove iTunes and QuickTime (Click for more)**+
+**Note: Songs you purchased from the iTunes Store or imported from CDs are saved in your My Music folder by default and are not deleted by removing iTunes.**+
+**Quit iTunes.**+
+**On the Start menu, click Control Panel.**+
+**Windows XP and Windows 2000: In Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs.**+
+**Windows Vista: In Control Panel, click Uninstall a program. Alternately, in Classic View of Control Panel, click Programs and Features.**+
+**Select iTunes from the list of currently installed programs, then click Remove or Uninstall.**+
+**In Windows XP and Windows 2000, when asked if you would like to remove iTunes, select Yes.**+
+**In Windows Vista, if your permission is needed to continue, click Continue.**+
+**After uninstalling iTunes, do not restart if you are prompted to.**+
+**If other entries were present for iTunes remove those as well.**+
+**In Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features, remove any iPod Updater applications that are listed in the same fashion as iTunes was removed.**+
+**In Add or Remove Programs or Programs and Features, remove any QuickTime installations that are listed in the same fashion as iTunes was removed.**+
+**Restart your computer.**+
+**After the computer restarts, open Local Disk C: in My Computer/Computer or whichever disk programs are installed on.**+
+**Open the Program Files folder.**+
+**Right-click the iTunes folder and select Delete and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion. Note: This folder may have already been deleted if iTunes was successfully removed in steps 1-8.**+
+**Right click the iPod folder and select Delete a nd choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion.**+
+**Right-click the QuickTime folder and select Delete and choose Yes when asked to confirm the deletion.**+
+**Delete the QuickTime and QuicktimeVR files located in the C:\\Windows\\system32**+
*folder.*
+**Right-click on the Recycle Bin and on the shortcut menu, click Empty Recycle Bin.**+
+**Restart your computer.**+
+**Install the latest version of iTunes from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download.**+
+**Empty your Temp directory and restart (Click for more)**+
+**On the Start menu, click My Computer/Computer (or double-click My Computer on the Desktop).**+
+**In My Computer/Computer, open Local Disk C:.**+
+**Windows XP and Windows 2000: Open Documents and Settings.**+
+**Windows Vista: Open Users.**+
+**Double-click the folder that bears your username.**+
+**Windows Vista only: If you see an AppData folder, double-click it and skip to step 12. If you don't see an AppData folder, skip to step 9.**+
+**Windows XP only: If you see a Local Settings folder, skip to step 12. If you don't see a Local Settings folder, proceed to the next step.**+
+**Windows XP and Windows 2000: From the Tools menu, choose Folder Options.**+
+**Windows Vista: From the Organize menu, choose Folder and Search Options.**+
+**Select the "Show hidden files and folders" button.**+
+**Click OK.**+
+**Double-click Local Settings or Local folder (If on Windows Vista, you must first double-click the AppData folder). If Windows needs your permission to continue, click Continue.**+
+**Right-click on the Temp folder and on the shortcut menu, choose Delete.**+
+**In the confirmation dialog that appears, click Yes.**+
+**If you are unable to delete the Temp folder, close all programs, especially those in the Notification area (system tray) of the Windows Task bar shown below and repeat step 10.**+
+**Restart your computer.**+

Answer 1

*UPDATE Cityslacker121 is the MAN!!! He posted in this forum http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1165261&tstart=0 that had a link to this http://www.daitengu.com/2007/03/23/howto-fix-the-missing-itunesmsi-problem-on-wi ndows/
the fix is in a link on that page to a windows utility that removes all install info about what ever program is giving you problems so you can run the uninstaller.. The utility is on this page.. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301
Sorry for all the links...