Downgrading to ITunes 7...how?

Since there are so many problems with the new ITunes 8, is there anyway to go back to the previous version that actually works? Someone suggested system restore. Would this work?

You need to obtain a copy of the last iTunes 7 installer. If you have it saved, that's great otherwise there are downloads available although I think Apple only has a Mac version. You can get it from File Hippo, but the mods sometime edit out the link:
http://filehippo.com/download_itunes/
Then you uninstall iTunes 8 and install iTunes 7. It still will not work as the library is incompatible. But iTunes saved a copy of your version 7 library when you upgraded in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder. Just copy the file with the date of the update in it into the iTunes folder (it will be called iTunes Library yyyy-mm-dd.itl and rename it iTunes Library.itl.
Edit: I should add that you drag the original iTunes library.itl out of the iTunes folder to your desktop before trying to rename your backup library.
Or, if the upgrade was a while ago, you can rebuild your library from the xml file as in this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
Message was edited by: polydorus

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