Getting iTunes Setup Asssistant "Download Album Artwork" Message On Startup

I have upgraded to version 7. Now everytime I start iTunes I get a 'iTunes Setup Assistant' box pop-up talking about downloading album artwork. I then have to click cancel or OK before iTunes loads. This is very, very irritating. How do I stop this???

I think that the iTunes database in your Windows user profile might be corrupted. I managed to solve the problem by creating a new database and reimporting my songs into the library. The album art downloaded automatically after that.
1) Check the Automatically download missing album artwork is selected on the General tab in iTunes preferences
2) Close iTunes
3) Rename the iTunes folder (usually found in +My Music+)
4) Reopen iTunes (this creates a new iTunes folder in +My Music+)
5) Copy and paste the contents of your music folders (+iTunes Music+ folder) into the newly created +iTunes Music+ folder
6) Reopen iTunes and select File > Add Folder to Library > Browse to your iTunes folder in +My Music+ > OK
Your music will then be imported into the new iTunes database and the album art should be downloaded automatically.

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I just installed iTunes 8, and I tried opening it. It then starts to download the album artwork thumbnails, then all of a sudden a message shows saying,
"iTunes has stopped working, Windows is trying to blablabla.."
Then it forces you to closes the program. I tried pressing cancel before the message pops-up, but when I try to scroll down, it forces me to quit. Any fixes?

If iTunes 8.0 is crashing or freezing while creating artwork thumbnails, you may have a file containing corrupt artwork in your library. The steps to identify that file are somewhat complex and will involve moving and deleting some files, so only attempt them if you are pretty comfortable with performing those tasks.
When you first open iTunes 8, iTunes scans through your album artwork to build a thumbnail cache. You can disable this scan by opening iTunes in Safe Mode.
To open iTunes in Safe Mode:
Mac: Hold down the Command and Option keys while opening iTunes
Windows: Hold down the Ctrl and Shift keys while opening iTunes
If you open iTunes in Safe Mode, iTunes will only cache artwork from the album covers that are visible in the iTunes window. So you can view your library in grid view, and scroll down one row at a time. You will see iTunes generating the thumbnails for each of your albums as you scroll down. This may allow you to see which album is being processed by iTunes when the application crashes or hangs. Once you have an idea which files are causing the issue, locate the folder containing the files themselves in Finder or Windows Explorer, create a zip archive of the album, and delete the files themselves:
To create a Zip archive of the album
Mac: Right-click the folder in Finder that contains the album tracks and choose Compress <folder name>
Windows: Right-click the folder in Windows Explorer that contains the album tracks and choose Send to Compressed Zipped folder
After you have created a zip archive backup of the affected files, and deleted the originals, open iTunes normally (not in safe mode). Scroll back down to where you were when the crash occurred. If you got the right files, iTunes should just skip over that album and keep rendering thumbnails without crashing or hanging. If iTunes hangs or crashes right after the album that you thought was causing the issue, it may have actually been that next album, so repeat the zip and delete steps until you have found the problematic album.
If you identify the album that contains the file that causes the problem, we would be interested in getting a copy of the files to try to analyze the issue further. Please email me <[email protected]> and I will tell you how to send in the affected files for analysis.

Getting Itunes rid of that annoying error message at startup

Ok, I have been scanning these forums for about 2 hours now, doing all those weird steps to getting that "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." message off of my computer and none seemed to work, then finally I tried to do the main thing the moderators have been telling everyone and it WORKED!!! So these are the steps I took to get it working, and I'm not garunteeing it will get your itunes working but hey, give it a chance.
Step 1: LEAVE EVERYTHING ALONE, if you did all those weird steps everyone else said to do...put it back (for example: msconfig steps)
Step 2: Delete Itunes using the Add/Remove Programs application.
Step 3: Now the next thing I did was download the latest version of the standalone quicktime (get it from this website- http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html)
But just to let you know, I'm not sure if it will affect it much or at all, I did not delete quicktime when I deleted Itunes. So that means this time when you download it you'll be updating it
Step 4: Once you have the standalone quicktime downloaded go download the latest version of Itunes(6) (get it from this site - http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/)
Step 5: At this time after you have set both of them up (I set up quicktime first, then Itunes) try Itunes, if it does not work then I have no clue what to do.
Note I had all my security devices going when I did this such as antivirus,firewall.
And 1 more thing, do not get your hopes up from these steps...I'm just a 13 year old kid who fixed his Itunes like this, I'm not sure if it will work for you, but if it does; cool.
don't know lol Windows XP
don't know lol Windows XP

Hi, Gibbstown.
This article will help you resolve the error that you are receiving.
iTunes for Windows: "Registry settings" warning when opening iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3299
Regards,
Jason H.

Can't download album artwork in iTunes

Hi All,
I used to be able to download album artwork but it doesn't work anymore. When I try, I get an error message that says "Artwork for “XXXXX” could not be found. An unknown error occurred (-609)." where XXXXX is the name of the album. I tried installing iTunes on a new computer (on the same network) and it works just fine on that computer. I'd just switch computers but I have many albums, podcasts, etc. on the computer that isn't working so switching systems isn't a viable option. Do any of you wizards have any ideas what might be causing the problem and how to fix it. My experiment suggests to me that it isn't a problem with my network router or internet connection.
Oh, I'm running the latest version of iTunes on Windows XP Home but it wasn't working before I upgraded to the latest version of iTunes.
Thanks in advance to all,
Medic101

Do the songs have the album art in your iTunes library?
If you answer is yes, I had the same problem, fixed it manually by copying the album art from the song in iTunes library and then choosing the Get Info for that song, and then pasting the album art into the Artwork tab.
This was the only way I found to get album artwork onto my iPod. If anyone else has a suggestion, I am listening.

How do you get album artwork? I have like two thousand songs and about 95% don't have cover album artwork and when i try to get album artwork it says "Itunes can not find album artwork" "an unknown error occurred-609" what do i do?

How do you get album artwork? I have like two thousand songs and about 95% don't have cover album artwork and when i try to get album artwork it says "Itunes can not find album artwork" "an unknown error occurred-609" what do i do?

Perhaps try the "Error -609" section in the Specific Conditions and Alert Messages: (Mac OS X / Windows) section of the following document:
iTunes: Advanced iTunes Store troubleshooting

ITunes keeps resetting and asking me if I want to download album artwork!

Hi, it seems as though every time I open iTunes these days the stupid window pops up asking if I want it to automatically download album artwork. I click "No, blah blah blah." And then iTunes opens. At the left is the "Download" option thing (in green under the "Store" section), when I click it, a window pops up saying "Would you like iTunes to check if you have any unfinished downloads?" or something like that. I say, again (and of course) "No."
The "Download" button subsequently goes away and that is all that happens. But it happens repeatedly, every time I open the program! Obviously these settings are not saving--and it seems to be even more of a fundamental problem than that, perhaps some file is corrupted somewhere.
Any thoughts?

Same here. And it doesn't seem to matter which way
you answer the question, it just keeps asking.
HOWEVER -- I had not seen this post before I restored 6:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=531850&tstart=0
If anyone could report if this solves the "won't remember the download art" setting, please let us know.

Don't want iTunes to download Album Artwork

Hi all,
Since I add all the album-artwork by hand (and include it in the mp3-file) I don't want iTunes to download the artwork automatically.
So I think i made all the neccessary settings
(unchecked the 'Automatically download missing album artwork' option in the 'preferences/Store' tab)
, and cleaned the 'iTunes/Album Artwork/Cache/' and 'iTunes/Album Artwork/Download/' folder.
But today I noticed that after start of iTunes, there already/again where folders/files in the 'download' folder, these takes unnecessary disk-space etc, so how can i prevent/enable this?
grts, Peter
(ps, i don't download music from itunes, I rip my own cd's, put them in a separate folder and add these folders to Itunes library, so

I have just the same question. I don't want iTunes to store that album artwork, it takes that disk space for nothing, I don't mind if iTunes would have to analyze that data every time I open it

I cannot download album artwork

I get an error message when I attempt to download album artwork in iTunes:
...artwork could not be found (An unknown error occurred (-609))

You'll need to ask in the iTunes Mac forum. They are better equipped to assist you.

Downloading Album Artwork constantly stalls

I've been trying to download artwork for my collection (6900+ albums), and it will stall out during the process. iTunes is still responsive, just the download stops. I'll quit and relaunch, download again, maybe get further along, maybe not. Sometimes it will stall after a few hundred, the most it went through was 3001 before it stalled. I went from wireless to ethernet with no luck. Is there a limit to how much can be downloaded? Any other options other than going through and manually loading each image? I finally consolidated multiple libraries over several drives, weeded out the duplicates, and have it all in one place now. Would love to finish up by getting all the artwork. Any suggestions? FYI, using Comcast... are they screwing with me? Thanks in advance for your help.

What do you mean it's stalling? Download what again? Why don't you break it up into smaller batches. Select a couple hundred albums then from the advanced menu select get album artwork. If that works ok, then the next time increase the number of albums selected. Shouldn't take you too long. Realize that itunes will not find album artwork for all of your albums, only albums available in the itunes store, that are tagged the same as they are in the itunes store. Even then it doesn't always work well.

Itunes 10.4.1 album artwork issues.

When I click get info and paste in album artwork from cds that I have imported, it shows up in the box, but when I click OK nothing happens! Help me fix this!
This always happens with all my cds, when I get info in the library it doesn't work, but when I get info from my ipad the 'artwork' box is greyed out!!

The 10.5 series of updates has ganked artwork for me as well. In fact, on a few occasions attempts to add artwork have resulted in the corruption of the music track itself. I dragged/dropped artwork, artwork box on interface turned black and track was destroyed even though it still appeared to be there (i.e. not a "dead" track). Clicking on it would result in a short static blip and then it would go to the next track and do the same on down the line to each track I'd attempted to add art to.
Also, iTunes now randomly decides when, and when not to show artwork that is visible when you check Get Info > Artwork. Sometimes you see it in the interface, sometimes you don't. Finally, the excellent "embed artwork" script described above no longer works - returns a "parameter error."
Situation is the same on both my (brand new) iMac and my MBP which have totally separate/different libraries, so it's gotta be the updates. Hopefully they'll catch up with it. If anybody has any info on what else might be happening here (i.e. do scripts become outdated?) I'd love to hear your thoughts.

How can I get itunes to play one album from start to finish, especially when there are different artists on it?

How can I get itunes just to play albums from beginning to end? Often if an artist has a guest artist, or there are 'various artists' on the album, it stores them all separately, so listening from beginning to end becomes not one click away, but a multitude of clicks away just to make a play list which returns the album to its original state. Why can't Apple do this as a default?

If your music is sorted by "Albums", even a compilation is a single click.
'various artists' on the album, it stores them all separately,
That happens when you sort your music by "Artist".

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I'm selecting that "my question has been answered" here - because the answer is NO. It's apparently not possible. Which is frakkin' ridiculous, and I'd love to be proven wrong. But that's how it appears to be.
What I ended up doing was first backing up all my data by downloading an app called DiskAid (free, Windows and OS X), and actually digging through my iPhone's folder system until I found the right Applications folder, and clicked through each subfolder until I found the Apps whose data I wanted to copy.
For anyone who ever needs to do that, the location is:
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I was able to back up my apps on my home computer. So I still am not able to sync up any part of my phone at my work computer, without risking deleting these files. Basically I've minimized the possible damage by making backups.
Whatev. I'll live. : ) Beautiful phone. Just so irritating.

Why can't iTunes find all the album artwork?

Why can't iTunes find all the album artwork?

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How do you get Itunes to sync an album that exists only on the iPad?

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It sounds like the app developer has allowed for transferring photos saved by the app in the app's "Saved" area to your computer via an available wi-fi network that both your computer and iPad are connected to. Unless the app developer allows for saving the photos from the app's "Saved" area to the same location where a photo saved from a received email or from a website is stored, there is no way to import these photos via iPhoto or the Image Capture application on your Mac, which is used for importing photos, not iTunes.

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