"howdy" <howdy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B334EF8-AB39-4C93-AA82-FF4C18632E40@microsoft.com...
>I have the latest version of itunes and then when I try to open itunes I
>get
> the following message: iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to
> close.
>
> I have tried unistalling itunes, redownloading the itunes installer and
> nothing has worked.
>
> I am running IE 6.
>

IE6 has nothing to do with the problem.

Try re-installing QuickTime :

http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html

or thrawl through this lot :

http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=...o+close+&meta=

Cheers,
Jerry