Itunes 10.5.1.42 (latest) keeps crashing when i add song folder

Question

hi, iam using windows 7 nd has an ipod touch. when i add songs to itunes, the progress bar stoppes in the middle nd says that "itunes has stopped working". i cant do ny thing but to close itunes. i have the latest version of itunes on my computer nd has ios 5 on the ipod. re installing did not help me slve this problem..i would be really glad if people here would help me out with it. thanking you in advance, jacob joseph

Answer 1

Here is what worked for me for both 10.5 and 10.5.1 after hours  of frustration with Itunes stopping and shutting down in the middle of a sync  or tranferring Apps downloaded on my Ipad2 or Iphone 4:
Start iTunes in iTunes Safe Mode:
1.  hold down the Shift and Control key together and click  to start iTunes.
2.  when you see the iTunes icon in the task bar, click on  it.
3.  you will get a box that says "iTunes is running in  safe mode.  Visual plug-ins you have installed have been termporarily  disabled."   [I don't know what plug-ins I installed but you  should clearly see that these so-called visual plug-ins are likely the cause of  your issues];
4. click Continue to open iTunes.
You could already have your device connected to your computer or  do it after opening iTunes in its safe mode.
Now press your sync button and everything should work fine.
I also disabled Genius in iTunes preferences but I'm not sure if  this is one of the issues causing these types of problems.
I hope this works.  This may be the workaround for all of  us Windows 7 64-bit folks.