iTunes for Windows: “iTunes was not installed properly. Please reinstall iTunes” message

When opening iTunes for Windows, you may see the following alert:  "iTunes was not installed properly. Please re-install iTunes. (Error 7)." When opening QuickTime for Windows, you may also see the following alert: "QuickTime failed to launch because it is not configured correctly; reinstalling may correct this problem."

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