Burning iTunes to CD

I have burned to cd from this computer before but now when I try it tells me that burner software is not found.  What to do?

Hello yergercj
Check out the article below to troubleshoot the issue of your computer not finding the burner software.
iTunes for Windows: Optical drive is no longer recognized, or "Disc burner or software not found" alert after install
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts2308
Regards,
-Norm G.

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