Any patch/fix for recent iTunes update screw-up?

[Katya]

After "update" Now my access to e-mail is so ridiculously slow, and computer says upon reboot:

APSDaemon.exe-System Error
The program can't start because MSVCR80.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

UGH! I read so very many who have done this uninstall & re-install so & still the same problem so I'm not about to try the same. What the heck? Shouldn't they offer a fix/patch/update to fix THEIR mistake? Wait for fix/patch or what? Anybody have knowledge base on the uff-up?
@jrshaw777- TY! too bad you weren't at the Apple helm before release of this clusterfk.

[jrshaw777]

I just fixed it on my machine. It appears to be a problem related to iTunes. A recent update either from Apple or MS broke things. Running the Repair function from the Control Panel => Programs and Features, DOES NOT fix this. What I did: 1)Search the entire system looking for the missing file. This means you will need to click on the "See more results" option on Search. 1a)After the initial search you may find that you have a couple of files or none at all found. Don't worry. We need to search deeper. 1b) Click on "Computer". This will start a search that includes non-indexed files such as patches. This will take a while so be patient as the system looks EVERYWHERE for multiple copies and versions of the file in both 32-bit and 64-bit formats. 2) all the instances of the msvcr80.dll file will display. Most of these will be found encased in various patches that have been installed on the system over the years. 3) Click the top of the "size" column so that the files sort by size with the largest on top. The sizes I found were: 804kb, 784kb, 778kb, 618kb, and 612kb. (Note: During my experimentation (not recommended) I tried installing a 32-bit file in the system32 directory and that had no effect. When I installed a 32-bit version of the file in the 64-bit directory (C:\Windows\SysWOW64) the error message changed so I knew I was on the right track. I removed the 32bit version from C:\Windows\System32. This left me with a clean, unaltered system once again,) 4) COPY one of the 64bit versions (804kb) into the 64-bit directory (C:\Windows\SysWOW64). 5) Reboot. 6)NO ERROR MESSAGE!!! 7)Hope that someone at MS or Apple sees this workaround and uses this knowledge to fix what they broke in a timely fashion.

[lisa]

Resolve Corrupted MSVCR80.dll Related Registry Entries
http://www.sorcim.com/knowledgebase/MSVC...ssing.html