HT1495 Win XP Pro - Shift / Start iTunes doesn't open with multiple libraries options

have removed and reinstalled iTunes and it is now working...
except SHIFT / Start iTunes will still not give me opening option for choosing multiple libaries...
need one for my iPhone and my new iPad...
thanks
ed

hi RMGal!
-I tried making sure all 3 other users were logged out - so I didn't use the "switch user" feature in XP - that didn't work.
it's possible that one of the itunes background processes (typically ipodservice.exe, but also sometimes ituneshelper.exe) is launching in the wrong user account, which is "faking" having another user logged in and using itunes.
let's try the technique from this hudgie post. if it doesn't work for iposervice, try again with ituneshelper:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=-1&messageID=2409017
love, b

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