Why is iTunes prompting me to set it up?

I have been running iTunes on my laptop with no issues for a long time, but now whenever I open iTunes it prompts me to go through the setup process. If I click cancel, it opens and shows my music library but will not sync with my iPhone. Any idea why this is happening? I would appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide. Thanks in advance.
Mike

That sounds like the itunes preferences files got corrupted and can't be saved properly.
In XP, delete the prefs files in this folder AFTER you close itunes.
C:\Documents and Settings\ username \Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes
Now, it will ask you to set things up again, but the files should get built & saved correctly this time.
The path will be a little different in Vista. The 2 files are
iTunes.pref
iTunesPrefs.xml
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