I downloaded itunes on a brand new computer with windows 8. it says it cant read my libarary because it was created on a new program
I recently purchased a new computer that has Windows 8. I downloaded the current version of windows (11.1 I believe). When I try to open itunes, the error message says the itunes library can't be opened because it was created with a new version. How do I get my library to sync to the new computer? I tried transferring the library from an older computer to the new on by copying the file to a flash drive and pasting it to the music library. It shows up but does not open and gives me the same message. I looked online for answers but did not find any that solved the problem. I tried downloading an older version of itunes but that did not work either. HELP!
This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes for Windows forum.
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