Itunes "auto-launching"????please stop

WARNING:This post may contain profanity or otherwise bear witness of my ignorance and poor upbringing.
that said. "W.T.F."..
itunes keeps 'auto-launching'? i think it happens after a mp3 (etc) gets downloaded in another application.
i'm getting close to the point where i start changing settings with a 20 oz. hammer.
hep me, my head is about to bus open.

b noir wrote:
Apple's response to this problem for me so far is "yea, too bad that doesn't work. Sorry."
Did you mean my reply to your question over here, yappley?
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=10586727#10586727
Sorry (again), but I'm not Apple. This is a user-to-user troubleshooting forum. For more information about what Apple Discussions is and who you get to talk to here, see:
[What is Apple Discussions and how can it help me?|http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa#discuss]
No, the actual response FROM Apple technical support.
This forum was not my first stop
Message was edited by: yappley

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