Q: iTunes does not open preferences and stops responding

Hi! Whenever I open iTunes, it works fine but whenever I plug in my iPad, it stops responding. I read online that I have to go into preferences and some other stuff to fix it but when I try to go into preferences, it stops responding and doesn't come back. I have reinstalled iTunes many times and searched up different places but to no avail. Is there any way I can fix this?

(Btw, iTunes is fully updated)