Trouble quitting & Locked file problems in iTunes

This is weird, but it's the 2nd time it's happened in two days. I'm using the latest iTunes on OS X Tiger.
I have iTunes playing music in the background while I'm working on other programs (like Word). Suddenly, I discover that I can't pull iTunes back up; click on the icon in the Dock does nothing. Cmd-Tab shows iTunes, but nothing comes up if I select it.
So, I use Activity Monitor to force quit iTunes. It disappears from that list, but it's still in the cmd-opt-esc list. So I force quit it there, too, and it apparently disappears (but if I close the window and do another cmd-opt-esc, iTunes is really still there). Finally, I log off and log back in. Now, when I try to run iTunes, I get the message "The iTunes Music Library file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file."
It isn't until I completely restart the machine that I can get back into iTunes.

Make sure iTunes is not running. Click your iTunes folder once (in ~/users/your user name/Music)
Press command and i keys or click File > Get Info.
At the bottom of the Get Info panel you will see "Ownership & Permissions". Click the triangle to reveal further options, if it is not already showing.
Click on the lock. You may be asked for an administrator password at this point.
Change, or make sure the settings are:
You Can: Read & Write
You may have to click the triangle marked "Details" to see and modify the following options.
Owner: your user name
Access: Read & Write
Group: your user name
Access: Read only
Others: Read only
Click the "Apply to enclosed items" button. Click OK in the alert box to confirm.
This last action may take a moment to complete. Be patient.

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