How to fix Communications error with Itunes in FronRow

Question

I've had the " An error was encountered while communicating with itunes" message whilst trying to play music in Fron Row.
I ran Apple support and they advised me to check on the settings for where the itunes library was located. I did this and stiil the error persisted.
After much searching I found the solution... Completely remove iTunes then reinstall it.
Heres how...
Drag the application's icon to the Trash. Open the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder and look for one or more preference files named "com.apple.iTunes....plist" and drag them to the Trash. Look in /Library/ folder for an iTunes folder and if you find one drag it to the Trash. Look in /Home/Library/ folder for an iTunes folder and drag it to the Trash. Last, in /Home/Library/Preferences/ByHost/ folder look for two files with names com.apple.nnnnnnn.plist and drag them to the Trash.
Open Activity Monitor (Utilities folder) and in the process list look for iTunesHelper. Select it, then click on Quit Process icon. Quit or Force Quit the process. Now open the Accounts preference pane, click on Login Items tab, look for the iTunesHelper entry and select it, then click the "-" button and remove it from the list.
Empty the Trash. This should fully remove iTunes and its associated files/folders.
It works like a dream, the communication error has gone and I can play music once again. Hope someone might find this helpfull

Answer 1

I'm glad you found a solution that worked for you and appreciate your clear description.
It does seem a bit drastic, however. For others I would suggest at first trying one or both of these Apple support suggestions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302533
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313