Damaged .itl files

Every morning when I log into itunes 8.2.1.6 the itunes .itl files are reported as damaged. The old .itl is moved to a damaged file. Then Itunes has to rebuild. I have removed and re-installed itunes. I have deleted all of the playlists. I can log out and log in fine. But each morning the .itl files are damaged.

Some other software on your PC is probably conflicting with itunes when it tries to save the ITL file. Do you have a lot of .tmop files in your itunes folder?
It can be very tricky finding out what the other software is. For example, read this post by redkeefy. redkeefy used SysInternal's {url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx]Process Explorer[/url] tool to find that a Sony program was deleting (not damaging, entirely deleting) the ITL file.
Somethig easier to try is to make a brand-new folder named C:TESTING
Copy a good ITL file over into it while itunes is closed. Now press _and hold_ the shift key while starting itunes. When prompted, choose to open an existing library and browse to the ITL file you just copied over to the TESTING folder.
Does it still get damaged?
That is an old PC trick to fake out whatever software is currently interfering with the ITL file in the iTunes folder. When you make a new folder, that other software doesn't know anything about the new TESTING folder, and leaves itunes alone.

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