Well......an apology to Apple re: 7.6 upgrade

Sorry guys....I have to apologize to Apple.
I just upgraded to 7.6 and it's all OK (knock on wood).
Yeah, I tried a few days ago and I got the dead icon problem. Here's what happened:
Try #1 - Upgraded from "Software Update" in OS X Tiger. Result: Dead iTunes icon. iTunes wouldn't start. Removed it. Reloaded 7.2 and all was back to normal.
Try#2 - Reinstated original OS X desktop theme through Shapeshifter. Checked disc permissions with Disk Utility. Restarted computer. Opened SAFARI (not Firefox). Went to apple.com, downloaded COMPLETE iTunes 7.6. Installed. No restart. Everything is fine. I have 7.6, no troubles. Everything works OK.
After my first experience I was a bit frustrated and after thinking about it and doing some Googling and forum reading, there are obviously LOADS of people out there using 7.6 with no problems. I found some folks recommending checking disk permissions and dumping any 3rd party iTunes programs. I had no 3rd party iTunes stuff but wondered about Shapeshifter. I have had minor conflicts with it and iTunes in the past. It worked!
Maybe the Shapeshifter thing had nothing to do with it. I think probably the biggest thing was just simply going directly to Apple and downloading the whole package rather than an upgrade through Software Update. Don't delete your old iTunes, just let 7.6 upgrade it by itself.
Of course I can't make any guarantees to anyone. As always, proceed with caution and at your own risk!
Good luck!

Just a little more info on this:
The reason that Shapeshifter causes issues with new iTunes versions is that Shapeshifter actually replaces resources inside your applications to change how they look. When new versions of those applications come out, the resources inside are often different, but the old version of Shapeshifter does not know that, so it happily blasts away the new resources and replaces them with ones it "thinks" will work.

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