Why will itunes not install on my windows 8.1 machines

I've tried 4 times to install iTunes on a new Sony windows 8.1 machine but it keeps telling me that the program is incompatible.  I have been using iTunes for years and had it on my old machine running Win 7.  With win 8.1 I keep getting error msgs that the program is incompatible.  Once it did install but when I tried to use it the first time I got an error that the program was shutting down and that windows would look for a solution.
Any help?
Thanks,
Tom

I'm going through the threads to find a solution to my 8.1 problem as well but while I am here I will share what I have come across in the forums:
1. Right click the installation file and run it into compatibility mode for Windows 7
OR
2. This user replied to someone else (which looks like a similar question):
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24285339#24285339
It talks about moving a .dll file.
*Note this .dll thing worked for me with an earlier problem and I had seen it on another forum. It seems to work for a LOT of people with 8.1
Good luck!
I am off to find an answer to why my audio disapears while watching a movie in itunes with a Windows 8.1 Pro 64 bit PC.

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