ITunes.cab file corrupt??

I've previously upgraded my iTunes to the latest version, and after I booted my computer to complete the installation, my iTunes won't open. It says "the cabinet file 'iTunes.cab' is corrupt and cannot be used" and it won't open. If I go back to apple.com to reinstall the program, my options are to 1. repair and 2. remove. Clearly, I don't want to remove iTunes, but when I select repair, the same error message comes up. What do I do??

It says "the cabinet file 'iTunes.cab' is corrupt and cannot be used" and it won't open. If I go back to apple.com to reinstall the program, my options are to 1. repair and 2. remove.
The iTunes.cab is used during the installation process. iTunes uses advertised shortcuts ... so prior to launching the program, a check is run against the installation database in the iTunes.msi to make sure all the registry entries and files and whatnot that ought to be there on the PC are actually there. If some files/registry-entries/whatnot aren't there, iTunes does a repair install to replace them. Presumably, the damaged iTunes.cab is interfering with that process, causing the launch error message.
By way of reconnaisance ... try heading into your Add or remove Programs control poanel and attempting to uninstall iTunes. Do you get an error message? if so, what does it say? (Precise text please.)
If, on the other hand, iTunes does uninstall, try reinstalling it. Does that reinstall go through okay? if not, what error message do you get then?

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I just got a new I Pod Nano (first time user) and I am trying to install itunes on Windows XP. Every time I try to install I get the message cabinet file itunes.cab is corrupt... I have tried downloading itunes again and it still comes up. Can anyone help me?

I was having the same problem that a lot of people are having after upgrading to 6.0 or whatever the new version is.
odd thing to say. why do you think there's a difference in the level of reports of launch failure problems with 6.0.5.20, by comparison with 6.0.4.2, 6.0.3.5, 6.0.2.23, 6.0.1.3, 6.0.0.18, 5.0.1.4, 5.0.0.35 or 4.9?
there's a link through to specific InstallShield advice on the 1335 in this document:
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but if you get no joy with that, try the procedure from this Matthew Sliva post:
Matthew Sliva: re: Error 1335 iPod.cab is corrupt

Error 1335 'itunes.cab' is corrupt.

I can't finish the install of the new version of iTunes because of an error 1335. I tried downloading the install package a second time to see if maybe there was just a problem during the download, but no dice. Any ideas?
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Exactly the same problem. error 1335 iTunes.cab is corrupted.
Solution: uninstall Quicktime and delete all the iTunes files that iTunes uninstaller fails to delete.
1. Control Panel -> Add/remove programs -> Quicktime -> uninstall
2. Rt click on START and select "Search...". Search for "iTunes". (include advanced: hidden and system files). Delete every file found except the Library ones and the folders.
3. Shutdown / Restart
4. Download iTunes 6 again. and Install.
I also downloaded an update to Windows Installer from the microsoft site again, as there was a problem with the version from SP2.
Good luck

Error 1335. The cabinet file "itunes.cab' is corrupt......

I was having the same problem that a lot of people are having after upgrading to 6.0 or whatever the new version is. iTunes would not open. It hope sof alleviting the problem, i unistalled itunes and quicktime and downloaded a new copy. Now I get the error message:
Error 1335. The cabinet files 'iTunes.cab' required for this installation is corrup and cannot be used. This could indicate network error, and error reading from the CD-Rom of a problem with this package.
No matter how i try to instal it, i get this message. I have chosen run and i also have downloaded to my machine and did it. Any ideas? iTunes worked find until this upgrade.

I was having the same problem that a lot of people are having after upgrading to 6.0 or whatever the new version is.
odd thing to say. why do you think there's a difference in the level of reports of launch failure problems with 6.0.5.20, by comparison with 6.0.4.2, 6.0.3.5, 6.0.2.23, 6.0.1.3, 6.0.0.18, 5.0.1.4, 5.0.0.35 or 4.9?
there's a link through to specific InstallShield advice on the 1335 in this document:
Trouble installing iPod, iTunes, or QuickTime software in Windows
but if you get no joy with that, try the procedure from this Matthew Sliva post:
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Just the other day I updated to the latest iTunes software. This is the first time I've tried to use it and it keeps freezing (the swirly rainbow icon) until I eventually have to give up and force quit. My iTunes library is on an external hard drive which has admittedly been taking longer and longer to boot up each time I connect it, I don't know if this is related.
After doing some research on here I created a new test iTunes library on my hard drive and it worked perfectly, so it must be a corrupt library file? I followed the advice on an old thread and replaced the corrupt library file with an older one from December.
It worked....but here's the complication. Since that last backup in December I started using iTunes Match. When I opened the older library file, I saw that iTunes Match wasn't turned on, so I turned it on and it was saying that none of my library had been uploaded to iCloud except for iTunes purchases. I quickly exited, because frankly I couldn't bear the thought of all my library having to be uploaded to iCloud again (it took days and days...and days!). The music is still on the iCloud, but if I open that older version of my iTunes library it doesn't seem to think that it is.
Any idea what I should do?
Thanks for your help

hmmmm. perhaps try running a chkdsk over the drive on which your iTunes library file is stored:
How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
does that find/repair any damage? if so, do you still get the same message from your itunes?

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Itunes xml file corruption

I'd like to ask the community if anyone else is having trouble with corruption of their iTunes XML library file?
Back on October 20th, my iTunes library completely imploded: roughly one third of all songs stopped playing, all my Digital Copy movies refused to play. I had just upgraded my iPad to iOS 6 and pretty much everything imploded. The solution was to basically delete the iTunes XML files, re-install the software and then re-import all my uploaded music.
Yesterday, I connected one of my iPod Classics and saw the same error messages that started the first round of trouble: there were 7 files that iTunes claimed it could not sync with my Classic because they were the "wrong format". I checked each in turn and they turned out to be from 3 of my 650 or so albums. In each case I could click on the iTunes entry and nothing would play: no error was reported.
In each case if I pulled up the track information, I could see that the references for these 7 songs had been corrupted. So for example, the track "We Didn't Start The Fire", from Billy Joel's album, "Storm Front", had "Song Information" that said it was actually located in /iTunes/Crowded House/ - no album name or song name were included. Every one of the 7 "wrong format" songs had corrupted "location data" like this. The choice of the tracks that were corrupted appears to be largely random. However, I have noticed that corruption only seems to occur when I add new material to my iTunes database.
The first instance was a complete meltdown and required a clean re-installation of iTunes - literally hundreds of song entries were corrupted. This time around only 7 seem to have been impacted [though i concede it could be more].
I tried asking Apple support for help and although they were able to walk me through the repair process, they have been unable to explain why this corruption is taking place. I wonder if anyone has any ideas? For what little it may help:-
I am running iTunes 10.7(21) on a Mac Mini (OS/X 10.7.5(11G63)) with the 2.3GHz Core i5 and 8Gb of RAM.
My iTunes Library "XML" file is in my local home directory [default location], but because it's now well over 200Gb in size, all the music files for iTunes are stored in a QNAP NAS [works fine, local Apple folk helped me configure it].
It's difficult to triage exactly what's happening without having access to something like XMLspy and being able to work through the iTunes XML file piecemeal, but it does look like something during the "add songs to database" process is corrupting that file, and, interestingly, it adds new content fine - it's existing entries that get corruption.
My music library is not *that* big: the XML file is 15.2Mb on disc, iTunes is currently holding 659 Albums an about 7827 songs.
Does anyone else have ideas as to what might be causing this? It seems to be a relatively recent development, and since I rebuilt the database completely 6 weeks ago, this most recent damage is definitely a recent thing.
Suggestions gratefully received.

The XML file is a readable subset of the data in the main library file. If the library database becomes corrupt the easiest approach is to restore an earlier version.
Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
The images are from Windows XP but you get the idea. Your Mac library file may omit the .itlextension.
See MusicFolder Files Not Added and Super Remove Dead Tracks for tools to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working I'm told Carbon Copy Cloner can do the equivalent of this Windows based backup tip.
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Ipod_control\itunes\temp file corrupt

hey, please someone help me. My ipod is working but i can not update anything. when i connect ipod on my computer its says, "ipod_control\itunes temp file is corrupt and ureadable please run the chkdsk utilities".
i did everything. i run the chkdsk, i removed all ipod files from computer and install ipod software again but still no luck. ANy idea???

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ITunes Library file corrupt or unreadable -- unable to be saved

When I open itunes, I have to import my library everytime... and it says that the library file is corrupt or unreadable and cannot be saved. Can anyone else with this issue, please?

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\iPod_Control\iTunes\Temp file corrupted -- what now?

I'm using my new iPod with iTunes 7.0.2.16 on Windows XP.
For the first few days I used this iPod, it synchronized just fine when I connected it to my PC via the USB cable.
However, yesterday I got an error message at the end of the synch. It read:
Windows -- No Disk
There is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive E:
Then, after I pressed Continue, I'd get what appeared to be an iTunes error, stating that the iPod "cannnot be updated. The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable."
Finally, today, after getting that iTunes message, a different warning box popped up in the lower right corner of my screeen. It read:
iTunes.exe -- Corrupt File
The file or directory \iPod_Control\iTunes\Temp file is corrupted and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility.
Now, from what I can gather, the chkdsk utility is a command line Windows utility that I might not even have on my PC, and don't really want to mess with.
Does anyone know how I might have gotten into this mess, or might possibly get out of it, without messing with the innards of Windows?
Are the three error messages, described above, somehow related?
Would downloading the latest version of Itunes and installing it be a solution?
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Running chkdsk is not "messing with Window's innards." It's just a command line utility that checks and can correct directory issues on a drive.
Click on Start and go to Run (this is with your iPod connected, of course.).
In the Run prompt type "cmd" without the quotes, and hit okay.
At the command prompt, type the following:
chkdsk E: /r
and then hit enter. The computer will scan the iPod disk and fix any directory mistakes it can. When that is finished, eject the iPod and disconnect it, then reopen iTunes and reconnect it. Hopefully it should be working fine after that.

I am unable to install iTunes. The system shows an error saying iTunes.cab file is corrupt.

Trying to install iTunes on windows 7 64 bit
The error keeps coming. Tried uninstalling all previous apple software.

I found htis other post https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3401328?start=0&tstart=0
I also found this in another post
These ones are typically caused by underlying problems on the PC that also often cause Windows Updates to fail to install. If we can fix the Windows Update trouble, we can usually get the iTunes trouble cleaned up en passant.
Go into your Windows update and try to check for new updates. If updates install, stock up on the ones you're behind on, restarting the PC if requested to do so. After the restart, try installing iTunes again. Does it go through this time for you?
If windows updates fail to install, go into your Update History and doubleclick the failures. What alphanumeric codes appear for you? (For example, 8007000B.)

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Hi ahhan13,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
The article below may be able to help you with this.
Issues installing iTunes or QuickTime for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1926
How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
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ITunes library file corrupt PLEASE HELP

My sister and I both got new iPods for Christmas. I had an extensive library, while she was brand new and I just added songs to hers. We have Windows XP and I figured since we have different screens, we'd have different iTunes. I just updated hers and went to open my iTunes. What opened was a blank screen and the message "The file or directory C:\Documents and Settings\Kaitlyn\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl is corrupt and unreadable. Please run the Chkdsk utility." I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT TO DO AND I AM HYSTERICAL. If someone could PLEASE answer me, you would save my Christmas. Thank you.

This is an image of what my iTunes looks like right now. If I follow the instructions on the website, everything will come back? I mean, I had SO MANY songs a few hours ago and now it looks like this...
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