ITunes Dies With no Message
iTunes used to work, but now it dies with no message.
I uninstall iTunes and QuickTime, turn off my McAfee, and reinstall iTunes/QuickTime 6.0.1.3 or iTunes/QuickTime 5.0.1.4.
When I execute iTunes.exe, the software license agreement page flashes on the screen for a second or two before Task Manager shows that iTunes.exe died - with no error message - after using about 27MB. When I got past the software license agreement page by copying .pref files from another (work) computer, Task Manager showed iTunes.exe just dying silently after using about 30MB.
Anyone have any ideas? Failing that, does anyone know what .DLLs iTunes uses, so I can try copying those .DLLs from the other computer into the C:\Program Files\iTunes folder of my home computer?
Thanks.
Steve and son
Dell Dimension 4550 Windows XP Home SP2
Run a complete AntiVirus scan and also an anti-spyware and adware scan on your computer.
I would run a complete scan with:
-Microsoft Antispyware
-Spybot Search and Destroy
-AdAware
-Whatever virus scanner you use
Some malware has been known to cause this problem, and it's generally a good idea to run and check for any outstanding bad programs in any case.
I would also suggest running the above programs while running Windows in Safe Mode, just to be sure they'll find anything that might be hiding.
Also, do me a favor and check and see if you have this file on your system: C:\windows\system32\wuauclt.dll (DLL! Not EXE. The EXE file is okay, a DLL file is not).
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