iTunes woes

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So I recently installed the latest version of iTunes on my computer at home.
At first my problems were the following:
If I clicked the burn icon itunes instantly froze;
If I went to options>burning, itunes would freeze for approx 10 minutes;
If I were to insert an audio CD itunes would freeze for approx 10 minutes.

After countless reinstalls (making sure to reboot my computer after every uninstall), the problems persisted.

Now I can't even open iTunes. I'll click the icon, but the program doesn't show anywhere in my desktop. Yet it shows in the Task Manager (currently using up 27,776 K of my resources too). The only way to get it to 'work' is to uninstall it, then reinstall and open it without rebooting my computer in the process. This is incredibly aggravating as I've a number of iTunes bought albums, and I can't listen to them using anything else.

Any help would be much appreciated, I know there are a lot of problems with iTunes, maybe someone will have a solution to mine.