Help! Windows configures itunes

This is what is starts to download when I go into itunes. I've never had this problem before and I've had the ipod nano for half a year. So I wait and it starts to configure, but halfway through it comes up with an error: error writing to file (the itune file) verify that you have access to the directory. Every time I go retry I go through the same drill. And then to top it off, once I'm done with the whole mess, it comes up with another message saying fatal error during installation. I've downloaded itunes over again with no success. I've deleted quicktime with no success. I just want to cry, so please someone Help!!!

The "Program Files (x86)" is only installed for 64-bit systems.
If you have a 32-bit system, open "My Computer" and check the folders on your "C" drive for "Program Files" (No "(x86)" in the file name.)
Once you find the iTunes application file, right-click on it and select the "Send To" option. From the drop-down menu, choose "Desktop" to create a shortcut on your desk top. (Make sure that you have deleted any old shortcuts before doing this.)
This will get iTunes to launch quickly, but there are still functions that do not work properly - file associations seems to be one.

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"Windows Configuring iTunes" pops up every single time before I try to open iTunes. Now, after it finishes loading the configuration, I just got the message saying...
"Choose iTunes Library
iTunes Needs a Library to continue. You may choose an existing library or create a new one."
What the heck is this and what could cause it??? Much more importantly, how the heck do I fix this and what do I say to "choosing an existing library or creating a new one" question? Could a corrupted song have done this? No errors or viruses have been found in my virus scans, as well as adware.

Anyone??

Each time I have a message ''please wait while windows configures iTunes''.

when i start my itunes each time i have a message ''please wait while windows configures iTunes''. i recently Upgrad to 9.0.2. i already uninstall and install.
pls help me.
thank you in advance .

when i start my itunes each time i have a message ''please wait while windows configures iTunes''.
The iTunes desktop shortcut is an "advertised shortcut". When you click it, the first thing it does is check the iTunes.msi and determines (against the installation database in there) whether or not there's any files and registry entries and whatnot for iTunes missing on your PC. If it finds something missing, it'll do a repair install of iTunes, which is the "configures" message you're seeing.
As to why it's always doing it in your case, and fixing it ... we'd better first work out if there's real damage to the iTunes stuff on the PC or if the shortcut/itunes.msi/registry machinery is just a bit confused.
Apart from the "configures" message you're getting every time you launch iTunes, is it working okay? Are you able to sync, play music, use the Store and so forth without any trouble? Or are you getting other problems as well?

I keep getting a Please wait while windows configures itunes

I keep getting a Please wait while windows configures itunes...
It started this afternoon, I thought nothing of it and reinstalled itunes again and that seemed to have fixed the problem, but the problem has reoccurred.
I've done a bit of research on how to fix for example going through to the regedit and changing the pcast Permissions etc but this hasn't helped at all, if anything Its made things worse because I cant uninstall itunes now.
Please can anybody help me.
Cheers

If iTunes launches eventually then it's simply a matter of the installer not having correctly updated the shortcuts.
Delete the shortcut to iTunes on your desktop and, if you have them, in the recently used/favouite applications area of the start menu and/or quick launch menu. Use the main *All Programs > iTunes > iTunes* icon to start iTunes. Copy this icon out to your desktop and/or quick launch menu if required.
If that still doesn't work, create a new shortcut from the file at C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe and replace all existing shortcuts with the new one.
If iTunes won't start at all then you have another problem that I'm thankfully (at least for me) not familiar with...
tt2
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ITunes 7.2: "Please wait while Windows configures iTunes" on every startup

I am running into the some issue. With all of the problems everyone else is running into with the 7.2 install - I am happy that this is all I have going on - but it is getting irrating. EVERY time I start iTunes I get the windows installer starting with the "please wait while Windows configures iTunes."
I have uninstalled, used a reg cleaner, reinstalled with 7.2.0.35. QT runs without issues. I am not sure where to go from here.
When I ran the install - i had the windows installer create a log. I found the following error in it:
Action start 13:15:02: AppSearch.
Info 1402. Could not open key: HKEYCLASSESROOT\pcast. System error 5. Verify that you have sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.
Action ended 13:15:02: AppSearch. Return value 1.
I ran the installer as Administrator so permissions should have been covered.
Any help would be appreciated.
BigGuy
PS - forgive the spelling <smile>
Dell Inspiron Windows Vista Black 60G iPod

I’ve tried the indicated solution and it didn’t work. I gave full permissions for Administrators, my user (which is an Administrator) and Everyone, for every single key and sub-key. It didn’t work.
Then, I deleted the .pcast. When I opened iTunes again it came back without the permissions again.
How long it will take for Apple’s programmers to correct this garbage? I’ve read several forums where people reformatted their computers to make it work again. This is simply unbelievable! I’m using the last version (7.4.2.4). I’ve found people complaining since version 7.2.x.
Ah! I forgot. Of course, the problem is the Windows Vista.

ITunes 10.7 upgrade - 'Please Wait While Windows Configures iTunes'

Upgraded to iTunes 10.7, which I now regard as one of the poorest pc-related decisions I've ever made. The time suck on this issue is massively depressing.
Running Windows Vista. Have completely uninstalled and re-installed (clean registries, re-boots etc) all iTunes and Apple products with no resolution.
Every time I try to start iTunes I get a "Please Wait While Windows Configures iTunes" message on loop. At some point it will usually default to "Checking iTunes Library" and then both that and the installer will run in tandem. When I look at Task Manager it seems to indicate from the amount of memory usage that iTunes is in fact running in some form or at some level, but it does not actually open the program.
When I reinstalled yesterday iTunes opened right up (after the install it did not ask me to reboot the system). When I restarted the system this morning the problem was back. Just installs and installs and installs ... Doesn't actually open. Wouldn't any registry conflict/problem have been fixed with the clean reinstall?
I've tried every solution/trick/suggestion I can find with internet searches. No luck. This has been a month now. iPhone and various iPods completely inaccessible re content and that really hammers home the danger of relying on a closed system like this. Really disappointed in this situation.
Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated.

I am using iTunes 7.1.1

After upgrade to 10.0.1.22 - "please wait while windows configures itunes"

Hi all,
After successfully running iTunes without problems including version 10, I routinely upgrade to the latest version 10.0.1.22 and all of a sudden now I keep getting this "please wait while windows configures itunes" dialog with a status bar before the iTunes application properly launches. Once its up, its functioning fine, but its annoying to get this dialog and status bar every time I use the application. What can I do? I tried a repair install and it didn't do anything.

There's no trace of any other itl file on my PC
Are there any files /Music/iTunes/Previous iTunes libraries/ ?
guess this means I won't see my apps and music again
Just because they do not show in iTunes does not mean they ar enot on yoru computer.
Besides, you do make regular backups of your computer correct?
Look in /Music/iTunes/Mobile Applications/ for your apps and /Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/ for everything else.
If they are there then iTunes menu File > Add folder to library and select /Music/iTunes/ .

Why must I "Please wait while Windows configures iTunes" again and again?

I have just allowed the automatic settings to update my iTunes. The last time this happened it meant that the icon left on my desktop would not simply START iTunes, but instead went through the entire installation process all over again. Someone gave me some good advice and I was able to make the correct changes - it stopped and I have enjoyed it since.
This time, every time I click the icon, I must "please wait while Windows configures iTunes".
So, how do I fix this one?

Just adding my voice to a long and growing list of unhappy iTunes users who by now have spent hundreds of thousands of unproductive hours searching for a solution. My guess is that the latest iTunes install package (as with those for earlier versions of iTunes) fails to update the registry properly. It's possible that Apple is not responding becasue it hopes many of us will give up on Windows nd buy an Apple Mac (Jobs is sounding more and more like Gates did 20 years ago). Let's see a little more grace from Apple and a solution before the cows come home.

ITunes error: Please wait while windows configures iTunes

Hello, since I changed my Win XP account to limited, I can't start my iTunes without getting the following error message:
iTunes error: Please wait while windows configures iTunes
It gathers information and then prompts me to restart. If I restart, it does it all over again.
If I give the account administrative access, it works just fine, but when I downgrade to limited again the problem starts all over again. I've give full access to the iTunes folder in Program files.
Any thoughts?

See if it will start without configuring everything directly from the itunes.exe in the limited account.
C:/Program Files/iTunes
Sometimes a shortcut problem can cause that, although I haven't heard of it being associated with a limited account.

"Please wait while Windows configures iTunes" Pop-up (iTunes 7.0.0.70)

Whenever I launch iTunes, I get the following pop-up: "Please wait while Windows configures iTunes".
iTunes installs an icon on my desktop and a folder in my Start/Programs list. Now, I like to keep a tidy computer (ok..ok..) so I moved the desktop icon to my Quick Launch and I moved the iTunes folder from Start/Programs to Start/Programs/Media.
Well, if I remove the desktop icon, it's ok. But once I move the iTunes folder from Start/Programs to Start/Programs/Media, the pop-up occurs.
Why?
I have iTunes configured on my home PC and my laptop. My laptop is fine (WinXP sp2)... the problem occurs on my home pc (WinXP sp2 Media Center).
Any ideas???
-Phil

Thanks for the info. I'd rather not hide it
completely. I guess I will have to keep the folder
there until Apple releases the next maintenance
release.
You don't have to hide it completely. Move it where you want it on your programs menu, start iTunes, let it "configure" and create duplicate shortcuts in the root of the programs menu, then hide those new ones. The old shortcuts you moved will remain visible and stay where you put them.
I haven't tried Loek's suggestion yet.
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Windows configuring iTunes

Recently installed 8.0 -- now every time I try to open it I get the installer with the message "Please wait while Windows configures iTunes." Once this is done I receive a message telling me I need to restart the computer for the changes to take effect. After I restart and click on iTunes I go through this whole process of configuring all over again! I have not been able to get iTunes to open at all since installing 8.0

i have exactly the same problem, i have deleted itunes, re-booted, re-loaded itunes and still have the same fault, i get error message - "restart system to complete setup"- it restarts, and i try and open itunes- it goes into the itunes setup again and gives same error message. if i delete itunes, then re-load it, the programme works once, but if i try to re-open itunes again, it goes through the install again. i have removed icons from desktop, removed itunes from start up etc, nothing makes any differance.
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Windows configures itunes on start up then leaves two files in my recycling

Windows configures itunes on start up then leaves two files in my recycling without starting.
Does anybody know why i cant get itunes to open?

I found this link and am going to give it a try.
http://technicallyeasy.net/2009/02/itunes-issue-windows-keeps-configuring-itunes -when-starting/

When starting iTunes I get a "Windows Configuring iTunes" window

Everytime when starting iTunes a Windows Installer window pops up and says "Please wait while Windows configures iTunes" while a bar at the bottom moves. It takes like 6 seconds to go away and then iTunes opens up. But if I open a song file from windows explorer iTunes boots right up. Also QuickTime gives me "Error 46: Could not load or find the QuickTime ActiveX control." when I try to run it. These happened after I upgraded to 7.2. Also something that might have had something to do with it, last week I had an icon tell me I needed to activate my windows vista even though I had already actvated vista around 2 months prior. So I got it activated again via windows tech support. I think something happened to my vista installation which caused vista to say it needed to be activated and also caused an alteration to my windows user account thus causing error 46 since it thinks it was installed on a different user account. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling. I've created a new user and installed it on there but to no avail.
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Hello midnite1,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
I would recommend uninstalling iTunes altogether, and then installing the newest version from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Removing and reinstalling iTunes and other software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Take care,
Sterling

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I updated itunes to 7.01 on imac. Now the help window for itunes is blank. Help windows in other applications are fine

I, too, just installed iTunes update to 7.0.1 and there is no iTunes help. It can be selected from the drop-down menu at the top of the Help Viewer window, and the iTunes categories are there, but selecting a category gives me an error message with suggestions on how to enter search words!
When the most simple functions such as this fail to work I am just beyond words.

Itunes wont launch as Windows Configures itunes

After I downloaded the most recent update of itunes when I try to open it it gives me a window saying windows is configuring itunes. During this process the window disapears with no respnose. Quicktime is doing the same thing. I have removed and re-installed but the same thing still happens. Can anyone help?

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"please wait while windows configures iTunes"

I get this message almost every time I start iTunes. It has been run several times, but will pop up often enough to be really bothersome. I run vista. Does anyone know what's wrong and how to fix it? Thanks

Many users of iTunes™, and of other Microsoft® Windows® applications, have found their systems hiccup when certain applications are launched. This can happen when an application cannot get configuration data stored in the Microsoft® Windows® registry. In some such cases, the start-up is aborted but in others the application will rebuild the information it needs to run. When this happens, the user can receive the message “Please wait while Windows configures [name of application]” followed by a minute or so while the program’s start-up gets sorted out.
Thousands, and possibly millions, of iTunes™ users have been afflicted by this problem which first struck me around the first of December, 2010 after an automatic update of the software, specifically to iTunes™ version 10.1.0.56. My computer runs Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Business Edition and its software is up to date.
A Google™ search led me to many websites with information about the same issue. I found that a number of fixes had been suggested and were reported to have worked in some cases. For three weeks, I tried in vain many proposed solutions, usually a few times, including:
• Via the Control panel, removing iTunes™ and re-installing it.
• Trying the same thing but with Microsoft’s now unsupported Windows Install Clean Up tool, that quite often been able to exorcise from the Windows™ registry stubborn residue of previous installations gone bad.
• Resorting to so-called Windows™ “registry hacks”, in an attempt to regenerate the application preferences for iTunes™ normally re-accessed on each launch.
• Recreating Desktop “shortcuts” in various ways.
No posted solution worked in my case but I kept on trying. After dozens of hours (OCD can be a fine thing in the right circumstances), I eventually did resolve my particular problem with an as yet unposted modification of the Windows™ registry
Before proceeding, please be aware that a messed up registry can transform your computer into a proverbial boat anchor. Changes should therefore be avoided unless one is willing and able to spend several days reinstalling software from scratch. Notwithstanding this advice and subject always to the caveat in my closing paragraph, here is the sequence of steps I took that has momentarily solved my particular problem:
1. Click the Start Button, and then Run.
2. Launch the Windows™ registry editor by entering Regedit and then clicking on “OK.”
3. Navigate the registry’s tree-and-branch hierarchy as follows:
HKEYCURRENTUSER
└─ Software
└─ Apple Computer Inc.
└─ iTunes
At this point you may be unable to see two dependent “child” objects in the folder, one labelled (Default) and then SM Shortcut Installed but if you try you might receive an access blocked message. Continue with the next step anyway.
4. Right-click on the iTunes folder and select Permissions, then Advanced, and lastly the Owner tab.
5. Add as Owners of the iTunes folder the following valid user IDs: SYSTEM, Administrators and your own.
6. Go back to Permissions and assign Full for the SYSTEM and for Administrators, and Read for USERS and then check to box at the bottom left of the dialogue box to apply these permissions to the folder’s dependent objects.
There is no consistent reason why Microsoft™ Windows™ applications end up improperly registered. What worked in my case may not do so for you. Any suggestions made here are offered gratis and on the express condition that, in relying upon them, you accept sole and full responsibility for any consequences. My only assurance of a kind is to wish you good luck.
Julian Isitt
Vancouver Island
Christmas 2010

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