Hello,when I install itunes on my pc,everything on my pc opens as itunes and I can't access anything on my pc,what can I do?

please,help me

First I'd set up a System Restore point. Then try applying the LNK registry fix from the following document:
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Does that get your icons back to normal?

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If mt husband rips in our CD library on his PC with Itunes and I want to access it on my mac what obstacles will I run into?
No obstacles. After he rips the CDs into audio files, copy the audio files from his PC to a flash drive or an external hard drive. From there, add them to your iTunes library on your Mac.
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If this is an Alienware system, the most likely culprit is the Bigfoot Networks LSP as per the following document:
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Hello and thanks to all who take the time to help me out. First, I have used iTunes before, but by no means am I a poweruser. This is what I would like to know: can I install iTunes on my c drive but actually have the library on my external hd?
I have a 500gb external, but on my machine my biggest fixed disc is hardly larger than my iPod hd. If I fill my pod from my fixed disc I basically have to forget them for any other purpose which is just stupid. I find it hard to believe that iTunes is so poorly designed as not to allow the user to decide where the library resides.
When I recently re-installed Windows I copied my existing iTunes folder onto my external hd. Ideally I would like to re-install iTunes and tell it the library should be on my external drive, then in theory I could just dump the content from the backup copy of my old iTunes install. Is this at all feasible?
I know about managing my music manually, but I want to use Apple Lossless and of course would need iTunes for this. Maybe I am making things far to complicated, I really don't know. I actually have just now re-installed iTunes to see and things don't look good. Under the preferences and I directed iTunes to make the iTunes Music folder on my external drive rather than the c drive, iTunes ignored this. What next? Thanks for any suggestions.
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Thank you for your reply. I ended up blending a few things to resolve the problem. Your technique alone would have been enough I suspect, but sadly I had two library files in the original backup location. When iTunes first grabbed the library as you guided me to do, it grabbed an old copy.
I had to nuke the old library out of the directory, make a new directory and dumped the various folders containing the albums into this directory. I then used my text editor (UltraEdit32) to open the library xml file. I located the line in the file where the path to the old library was referenced, changed it to reflect the new directory. I then went into the preferences and indicated that iTunes music folder was the new directory.
When I used iTunes to then add new albums to the library happily it did indeed use this new directory! However all the folders containg albums I had put inside the new directory had to be added into the library one at a time via the Add Folder To Library option.
The long and short of it is that things worked fine, iTunes is installed on my c drive and the music files on my external drive as I wanted. And to boot I was able indeed to use all of my albums previously used by iTunes. I'm sure this has been a little bit of a dirty fix, but at the end of the day I have tunes and I'm mobile so all is good. Thanks again.
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I'm in the process of switching computers. Is it necessary for me to back up my itunes music library somehow, or will my library come up when I install itunes on my new computer?

I'm in the process of switching computers. Is it necessary for me to back my itunes music, or will my library come up when I install itunes on my new computer?

Hello,
I would recommend taking a look at the article below for more information about migrating your iTunes library.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1364
-Griff W.

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I bought a new laptop and used Windows Easy Transfer cable and moved all files from one computer to another. I installed iTunes and found my iTunes music Library. However, when I plug in my iPod it says it is already synced with another iTunes Library.
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I suspect you only migrated the media folder instead of the complete working library. Either review the transfer process and copy over the entire iTunes folder from your old profile's music folder or see Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

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http://support.microsoft.com/mats/Program_Install_and_Uninstall
Be aware that Windows Installer CleanUp Utility will not remove the actual program from your computer. However, it will remove the installation files so that you can start the installation, upgrade, or uninstall over.
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iTunes
QuickTime
Apple Software Update
Apple Mobile Device Support
Bonjour
Apple Application Support
Follow the instructions from Apple article listed here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923 to remove all components
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ctrl B - Show menus
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