Everytime itunes updates, my library disappears.

Have set up itunes to look for auto updates. But whenever it updates I have to reinstall my library. Then it creates multiple versions of the songs in my computer's music library. Does anyone else have this issue? Using itunes 10.5.1 and Windows 7.

I have had no such problem. You can also ways backup up your iTunes library in case you have a problem so yu can just restore the library.
iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive

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Why is it everytime itunes updates, I get the sqlite3.dll error?

Hmmm. Are you game for a bit of basic principles troubleshooting? (No guarantees we'd get anywhere, I'm afraid.)
Unfortunately I got even more errors.
What's the precise text of the error without the SQLite3.dll in \Mobile Device Support\
When you checked to see if there still were errors (after dragging the file out), was there a copy of the file still back in \Apple Application Support\?

I installed iTunes 11. Library disappeared

After installation of iTunes 11 all the music in my library disappeared except for the music bought from itunes. I can add each song file by file but that would take years.
How do I get the rest of it back in the library?

Have you tried a couple of USB cables? And are you using the original cable that came with your phone?
The items in this article would be worth trying.
Edit: Just saw you got things sorted. Great news!
~Lyssa

IPOD With Click Wheel Crashes everytime ITUNES update

Every time Itunes asks me to update to a newer version the ipod becomes unstable and eventually shuts down. This time was the worst. Does anyone know if itunes 7 is incompatible with the click wheel. And what about Internet Explorer 7. It seems strange that everytime it crashes. This time was the worst. Spent many hours trying to restore the ipod. Eventually had to delete itunes and ipod from computer and reinstall with original disk. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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"which i don't want to do because i only got my new iMac this week and have just finished installing heaps of software."
An archive and install won't affect any software on your computer. I assume you've seen all these?
iPod doesn't appear in iTunes or on the Mac desktop.
iPod does not appear in iPod Updater or iTunes in Mac OS X.
iPod appears on the Mac OS X desktop but not in iTunes.
Try to restore it in disk mode.
Putting iPod into disk mode.

ITunes update dumped library; now re-download of IOS update is going to take even longer?

To put this in a better perpective, I thought I had updated iTunes so I tried to install the new IOS update for iPad earlier (it only took about an hour to download) but it kept giving me an error saying I needed to update itunes in order to install... So, since I thought I already had it installed I uninstalled iTunes (since that's worked for me before) and tried installing it again, but that dumped my library (not a big deal since it's pretty much all on my computer)
The only problem is when I plugged my iPad back in to update again it started re-downloading the IOS file that I already downloaded earlier with hours to go. Do I really have to wait for it again, or is the file I already downloaded still there? (It's okay if it's not, or there's no way to use it... I can wait for the download, I'd just rather not find out I don't have to do this twice)

just like to correct: im on iOS 4.3.1
also additional info:
- secondly i have restarted my phone and restarted itunes many times & i have the latest version of itunes
- restarted everything again. i synced my phone for the fun of syncing hoping that might help although i didnt have anything to sync but anyway now its reduced the time & said "8hours remaining" but in the space of 10minutes went up to "11hours remaining" seriously? please help .
thanks

If you uninstall iTunes, does your library disappear?

I keep on getting the Error 7 (Windows error 14001). I've done everything I could find, except for uninstall iTunes. The reason being, I'm scared that if if I delete iTunes I'll lose all my songs. Is that what happens?

Once again, which was copied from my previous post.
No.
Just like uninstalling Word or Excel doesn't delete all Word or Excel documents. No iTunes content is stored by the iTunes app itself. iTunes accesses data that is stored elsewhere and completely separate from the app.
iTunes should find the existing iTunes folder right where it is, which should be the default location for the iTnues folder unless you changed it. If iTunes does not find the existing iTunes folder, you can select it at iTunes > Preferences under the Advanced tab.

Update 7 library gone for good?

Installed latest update. Library disappeared. Made the mistake of installing update again. Posts say to revert to last library xml document, but this does not work for me- since I installed twice, the last one is as blank as the first. All files are on hard drive and can be opened individually, but library database is gone so itunes doesn't recognize their location. How can I rebuild the library so itunes will know i have these files?

Installed latest update. Library disappeared. Made the mistake of installing update again. Posts say to revert to last library xml document, but this does not work for me- since I installed twice, the last one is as blank as the first. All files are on hard drive and can be opened individually, but library database is gone so itunes doesn't recognize their location. How can I rebuild the library so itunes will know i have these files?

Constant "Problem with Shortcut" Every Time iTunes updates

Sorry to vent, but this really bugs me.
Ok, this can't be hard to fix and isn't hard for ME to fix when I update iTunes, but this is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY annoying.
Here's the issue. Every time iTunes updates itself, it invalidates every Shortcut for the executable. I get "Problem with Shortcut" Windows Window and which says "This action is only valid for products that are currently installed."
This happens EVERYTIME iTunes updates itself, which seems very often.
It is really, really annoying. And it ONLY happens with iTunes (no other software - for example Firefox doesn't do this), which says to me that Apple can't be bothered to make sure that the path to their new executable is the same as the old when they do the update. Actually, now that I look at it, it looks like it is somehow deleting the path in the existing shortcuts when it updates, which sounds like a bug.
Any decent usability testing would find this and quickly fix this, but this happens on EVERY windows computer I have EVERY time iTunes updates itself, and it has been there for at least the last 5 upgrades, so I know it is not a 1 off thing only I am seeing.
Please, please, please fix this in your next patch.
Thanks.

Add me to the list of the angry. Safari on Windows does this too.
Apple apps are the only ones I've ever seen on Windows to do this. I don't even understand how/why it happens - does it take the time to find all the shortcuts (which are separate files it would have to search your HD for) and deliberately break their paths?! If Apple are going to make windows applications, it'd be nice if they swallowed their pride and learnt the windows platform and its norms. 99.999% of other software vendors have figured out how to make shortcuts that work...
The worst thing about this is that the error message (admittedly, I think it's a windows message) gives the impression you have to reinstall iTunes! A quick Google search shows that a fair few people think that's the solution.
*If you're getting this problem: there's no need to uninstall or reinstall iTunes!* the problem is with the shortcut only, not the program. To fix it, find a working shortcut to iTunes (as mentioned above, there's normally a fresh one in your start menu somewhere) and drag it wherever you need it, then delete the old one. If you can't find a working one, browse to "program files"->"itunes" on your hard drive, select itunes.exe, go to File->Create Shortcut. A new shortcut will be made in that folder, that you can put wherever you like.

*N OVER MY HEAD! my iTunes library disappeared from my PC, TS said uninstall then reinstall, before I reinstalled though my ipad 2 said NOT ENOUGH MEMORY as I tried to update 1 app. What do I do now?

Apparently, something went way wrong SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW... and now I'm afraid of losing ALL MY MEDIA considering I have NO ITUNES ON MY LAPTOP! I followed all appropriate steps found in trouble shooting, when I reinstalled iTunes though, the reinstalled music on my pc was a handful of songs that were triplicates, even listed some five TIMES! And maybe a total of 20-25 different songs, a fraction of what I had initially!
*N OVER MY HEAD! my iTunes library disappeared from my PC, TS said uninstall then reinstall, before I reinstalled though my ipad 2 said NOT ENOUGH MEMORY as I tried to update 1 app. What do I do now?

1, you can't at the moment, though with iOS 5 in the Autumn, from http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html#photos :
Even organize your photos in albums — right on your device
2, by removing it from you synced from and re-syncing. Only photos taken with the iPad, copied to it via the camera connection kit, or saved from emails/websites etc can be deleted directly on the iPad (either via the trashcan icon in the top right corner if viewing the photo in full screen, or via the icon of the box with the arrow coming out of it in thumbnail view)
3, the location of the photos that you synced to the iPad should be listed on the iPad's Photos tab when connected to your computer's iTunes.
4, you can copy the photos from your iPad to your computer : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083 . You should also be able to delete them from the iPad as part of the transfer process to your computer, and it's then your choice whether to add them to your sync photo list so as to copy them back to the iPad. Copying them to your computer would allow you to organise them into folders and therefore be able to sync them back into separate albums.
5, I don't use Dropbox either. There are some third-party browser apps in the iTunes App Store that allow you to download pages so that you can view them when offline e.g. Atomic Web (the whole page is saved within Atomic Web, it doesn't place a photo into the Photos app)
6, deleting content should help. If you remove an app from your iPad then you also remove the content that it's got on the iPad - so if you then decide to reinstall it back onto the iPad then you will need to manually add back any content that you want in it. None of the Apple built-in apps (including Photos) can be removed from the iPad

HT1349 I updated my Itunes and my entire library disappeared including all my playlists. How do I fix this?

I updated my Itunes and my entire library disappeared including all my playlists. How do I fix this?

Are they really gone? Look in your Home > Music > iTunes folder and folders inside. Do you see media there? Also try to use Spotlight to search for things you know you have.
If you keep media on an external drive, are they there? If it is all there, try starting iTunes with the option key held down and guide to the external.
If really gone, use a backup of your drive to restore the iTunes folder.
If no backup and they are really gone, you can download some items from Apple again. You'll have to re-construct the library though as all the playlists, ratings, date added, and some other things will be gone.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store - http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519 - enabled with iTunes 10.3 and newer; not available in all countries; only apps, books (not audiobooks), music, and t.v. shows (not movies). Discontinued items not available. For items not included in the iCloud list, or locations or computer systems where iCloud is not (yet?) available, you only get one download per fee paid. Apple notes it is your responsibility to back up your purchases.

Everything on my iTunes library disappears everytime i download something:(

please help me!
last time, I dowloaded photoshop then turned my PC off. then i turned it on and went to check itunes and EVERYTHING is gone (for the 5th time) it's so frustrating!
please tell me what to do
x

Its some software on you vaio. There is some Sony media management software that causes a conflict with itunes saving its library database file. You need to either stop it from watching the itunes folders, or stop the vaio program that does it.
See Redkeefy's post here
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8537277

Itunes won't load CDs automatically and I have to restart it everytime to load 1 CD. I have ensured I have latest Itunes, latest DVD driver, start itunes from program library in safe mode but nothing works. Any ideas ?

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I have had a similar problem with my system. I just recently (within a week of this post) built a brand new desktop. I installed Windows 7 64-bit Home and had a clean install, no problems. Using IE downloaded an anti-virus program, and then, because it was the latest version, downloaded and installed Firefox 4.0. As I began to search the internet for other programs to install after about maybe 10-15 minutes my computer crashes. Blank screen (yet monitor was still receiving a signal from computer) and completely frozen (couldn't even change the caps and num lock on keyboard). I thought I perhaps forgot to reboot after an update so I did a manual reboot and it started up fine.
When ever I got on the internet (still using firefox) it would crash after anywhere between 5-15 minutes. Since I've had good experience with FF in the past I thought it must be either the drivers or a hardware problem. So in-between crashes I updated all the drivers. Still had the same problem. Took the computer to a friend who knows more about computers than I do, made sure all the drivers were updated, same problem. We thought that it might be a hardware problem (bad video card, chipset, overheating issues, etc.), but after my friend played around with my computer for a day he found that when he didn't start FF at all it worked fine, even after watching a movie, or going through a playlist on Youtube.
At the time of this posting I'm going to try to uninstall FF 4.0 and download and install FF 3.6.16 which is currently on my laptop and works like a dream. Hopefully that will do the trick, because I love using FF and would hate to have to switch to another browser. Hopefully Mozilla will work out the kinks with FF 4 so I can continue to use it.
I apologize for the lengthy post. Any feedback would be appreciated, but is not necessary. I will try and post back after I try FF 3.16.6.

When iTunes updates, I lose my music, playlists...EVERYTIME!!!

Everytime I update the Itunes software all of my playlists & music disappear!! WHY!! Very frustrated!!!
Any help will be appreciated!
-Amanda

Checkout this post, it fixed this problem for me.
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ITunes Updates Keeps Modifying the Library

The last two iTunes updates I have allowed to run (9.1x and today, version 10) have mangled my library. The 9.1x download wiped about 2 hours of user-input cover art. The Apple cover art function is awful, to be kind. When I spend hours updating the holes and mistakes it leaves behind, I don't appreciate the next version wiping it out during the update.
I reluctant;y put in Version 10 today. Immediately afterward, I opened my library to find that not only did this version randomly delete my cover art AGAIN, it also randomly separated my albums into multiple entries. Now I get to spend 2 to 3 hours scouring my library for the missing and wrongly assigned cover art, I also have to knit entries back into single albums.
Who does your software QA? If I put the cover art in manually, LEAVE IT. Don't rearrange my library entries. Don't break up albums into multiple new albums. Next time you feel the need to make an iTunes upgrade, think Hippocratic, and first do no harm. AND GIVE ME A BLOCK ALL UPGRADES OPTION. I really don't need your help any more.

SAme problem here. Did you ge tany fixes, other than manual?

Just did the iTunes update that iTunes said was available now iTunes won't open, keep getting Runtime Error message. R6034 An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly. Please contact the apps support team for more info.

Just did the iTunes update that iTunes said was available, now iTunes won't open. I just keep getting a Runtime Error message.
R6034
An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly. Please contact the apps support team for more info.
Is anyone else having this problem?
I tried to re-install and got the following message: iTunes was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes. Error 7 (Windows error 1114)
Does this mean I have now lost everything?

I just had the same error:
R6034
An application has made an attempt to load the C runtime library incorrectly. Please contact the apps support team for more info.
I went to http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1925 and did a complete removal and reinstallation of iTunes. You MUST follow the directions here exactly...it's more than just iTunes that must be removed, and it MUST be done in the order in which the support article says. I followed the exact instructions, and iTunes is back on my machine (no more C runtime error) and you do NOT lose your music...it's all in my library, as it was before.
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