When re-installing itunes the message "The installer has insufficient privileges to access this directory" came up halfway through..

I've been working on trying to itunes up all morning and it refuses to open. I uninstalled it with hopes to reinstall buuuut no. I've been shuting my computer on and off and trying to repair itunes but NOTHING HAPPENS!! Plus, there is nothing on any of these forums that works. I love itunes, but this is ridiculous...

Apple has an FAQ for troubleshooting an install and how to manually uninstall and clean up iTunes - which can happen if you had an older iTunes for instance and upgraded.
www.apple.com/support/itunes
Consider listing what OS you have - iTunes has worked but is not installing properly on the Windows 8 Pro release it seems. Not a huge suprise, though it did work in the previews and even the trial edition for Enterprise.

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