ITunes doesn't add some of my music files.

iTunes doesn't add to the library some of my files. For example, from the same album, iTunes just add few musics. With quick player, all files can be opened. How do I open all my music files in iTunes? Thanks!

iTunes doesn't add to the library some of my files.
if those problem files are MP3's, try running them by MP3 Validator, then try adding them to iTunes.

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I recently updated to 11.3 - My music library has always been recognized in its entirety up until this point. I am super OCD about it, everything is well organized and all my artwork is in place. For some reason it does not recognize all the music files now, including the fact that I lost some of my album artwork. I went ahead and followed steps (1-6) in re-creating my iTunes library and playlists. After doing this it still doesn't recognize all of my music files. What should be my next step so iTunes shows/sees everything as it did before the update?
Thank you!

Yes,
Let's move the discussion from the iTunes for Mac to the iTunes for Windows forum.
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Itunes doesn't add all the songs from my library

Hi,
Had to reinstall Itunes and now the program doesn't add all the songs from my library (roughly 4,000 songs). All that is added is maybe 20 songs, and always the same ones. It has worked perfectly before.
I have tried to "pull" all the artist folders into the Itunes window, but it doesn't work. I have tried to set another folder as the Itunes library and then choose "add new folder", but only those 20 songs are added. I have made sure so that none of the files are copy protected or "read-only".
Please, help!
Best regards,
Jonas

Ok, I deleted the two files and upon startup iTunes did run that search wizard for music files. However, it only found 4 songs that are located on local harddisks, and did not (as far as I could see on the network status) even try to search on the network harddisk.
One more thing though, that I forgot to mention before. I tried to solve this situation by installing an earlier version of iTunes... 4.6 i think, but when I tried to run the program it told me something like "Cannot read the file iTunes library.itl since it was created by a later version of iTunes". Where can i find that file, and should i remove it and try to add the songs with iTunes 4.6 instead?
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See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
tt2

When I statred iTunes match I lost some of my music and all my playlists, has anyone had this problem? And can I restore it?

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Restore your media from the backup of the computer created prior to restoring the computer.
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I have tried the "repair" option to fix my "iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing error message." No luck. I have rebooted. No luck. I am afraid to reinstall iTunes. I have already lost my music once when I fried my computer. I don't want to have to purchase my music AGAIN. Is this really the only way to fix this? Do I have to uninstall before I re-install?

There are a few ways to fix this. For me, going to add/remove programs and then clicking on itunes, CHANGE, then REPAIR worked. I was also getting an issue that after a few days or a reboot, it would kill itself again..
Others have to completely uninstall itunes and quicktime, erase their program files directories, then reinstall quicktiem first then itunes.
Others have to uninstall itunes, go to internet explorer and clear the recent downloads and the cache, then close ie, redownload, and then install itunes.
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"iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing." Help!!

"iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing." Help!!
Hello everyone, I have looked throughout this forum but couldn’t find anything similar so I am posting this in the hope of someone helping me out.
I have encountered some problems with iTunes (most recent edition) after doing a Dell update which seems to have knocked something out with iTunes.
Whenever I hit the iTunes icon it refuses to run and iTunes displays the following message:-
"iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall iTunes."
I don’t want to reinstall itunes from fresh as this will mean losing all the records and playlists that I have spent the last 3 years using.
I first want to try by getting my old one back by any means neccessary.
Like I said this problem first happened after a standard Dell update.
I do have the option of doing a restore with the Dell or using Windows Vista restore itself but I fear I do not have enough disk space.
On the Dell update I can restore to settings of a previous date which might bring iTunes back but when attempt to do
that I keep getting the following message,
"Not enough free disk space to back up"
Around this time I am given a lists of what will be backed up and this readsas follows:-
Pics 2.87gb
Music 71.72gb
Videos 330.57mb
Documents 219.11mb
Email etc 203.64mb
How do I free up disk space to do the back up? An external hard drive?? If I baIs there anyway of getting a previous version of iTunes back?
My drive information is as follows:-
C Drive: Very little room - red warning - 5.67gb of 138gb
D Drive: 6.34gb of 9.99 free
Do I have too much music?
Ideally don't want to reinstall itunes as is a ball ache, and it has all the playlists etc so if there is
a way of restoring and getting back iTunes either via restoring system to the prior date when iTunes was ok.
C drive is really full now. How can I clean this up and make more room? Do I need to add memory? Are all the songs
causing the problem? What advise can you give me? Please help.
Thanks!

Nodders:
I've recently had exactly the same message as you, after iTunes updated to 10.1.1.4. First of all, I checked the *My Music* folder to make sure it was still there - it was. (I do have a back up of that folder anyway!)
I then chose the re-install iTunes option and a pop-up box asked if I wanted to uninstall iTunes or repair it. I (obviously) chose repair and I'm pretty sure what happened was that the install process simply re-installed a damaged (or missing) file. It far too quick to be a fresh install. My library was intact.
So my advice(for what it's worth) is take the re-install option and then repair option. I can't guarantee anything, but ...
By the way, after I experienced a recent hard drive failure, I decided to invest in a 1TB external drive to back up my iTunes library and personal files because it's a much easier way of backing up than my previous method. Luckily, I only lost a small recent part of my library, but it taught me a lesson. Back up regurlarly, using a larger hard drive than you are using on your computer (which allows you to keep the most recent and +next most recent+ back-ups, and don't rely on Windows to do the backing up. Find a suitable backup piece of software. (My hard drive came with s/w built in.)
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ITunes 10.6.1.7: "iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall iTunes." ?

Fakt:
iTunes 10.6.1.7 Fehlermeldung: "iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall iTunes."
Jeder Versuch iTunes zu starten war bisher vergeblich: unter anderem auch das Vorgehen nach Artikel HT1925 der knowledge base.
Frage:
Windows XP Neuinstallation und/oder Installation einer älteren iTunes-Version als letzter Ausweg?

Antwort und Lösung eine Woche später:
Deinstallation und Neuinstallation von iTunes 10.6.1.7 produziert dieselbe Fehlermeldung.
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ITunes cannot run because some of its required files are missising

Originally posted this on November 30. No help, so I am reposting.
Error code - iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please try and reinstall iTunes.
This problem started when program failed to respond. I received a report from MS instructing me to uninstall quicktime. I do not have any further details on that message from MS. My big mistake was following the advise and removing quicktime.
After removing quicktime iTunes would not open. No response to any attempts to open program. I did not check the task manager, processes tab to see what was happening.
Tried to reinstall from disk. Tried to reinstall from web. No change. Read some of the messages on this forum and saw some messages that reinstalling windows might be required. Did not want to go there, but that gave me the idea of trying system restore. I did that and tried again to reinstall iTunes. No luck. More research and I found a message to install quicktime stand alone. Did that. But no help.
I hope I included all the details. It is kind of a long story. Thanks in advance for any help.
Yomontaria

hiya!
Did not want to go there, but that gave me the idea of trying system restore.
ouch. did you system restore "over the top" of the itunes installation date without uninstalling itunes? that's a known cause of that particular "some of its required files" error message. (the system restore strips out a bunch of the fresh itunes installation entries.)
here's a good reference on what System Restore does and doesn't do for you:
(MS) Frequently Asked Questions Regarding System Restore in Windows XP
at this stage, probably the best thing to do would be to uninstall your existing itunes and QT using the complete uninstall instructions given here:
Troubleshooting iTunes, iPod Software, and QuickTime installation on Windows
if you run into troubles on the uninstall, try using the Windows Installer CleanUp utility:
Description of the Windows Installer CleanUp Utility
once everything has been scraped out, head to Windows Update to make sure you're fully up to date in that regard. (you may have lost a few during the system restore.)
next we'll try a careful "staged" install. download and save the following installers to your hard drive. (we'll run the installations from there rather than online.)
Quicktime 7.0.3 Standalone Installer
iTunes 6.0.1.3 Installer
switch off any antivirus and antispyware applications prior to installs.
run the QuickTime install. reboot. run the iTunes install. reboot.
does iTunes open properly after that?
keep us posted.
love, b

Itunes cannot run because some of the required files are missing?

This morning when I turned on my computer my itunes was suddenly not working. When I double click the desktop icon to open it up, I get an error message that reads:
iTunes cannot run because some of the required files are missing. Please reinstall iTunes.
I searched the FAQ archive and still cannot find an answer to my problem.
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Get Error Message "itunes cannot run because some of its required files ...

complete message that i see in a pop-up window -- "itunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall itunes".
I check windows update. Microsoft says I'm up to date. When I reinstall ipod off the CD and/or itunes/quicktime from iTunesSetup.exe file version 7.0.2.16 it installs ok. If I choose unintall then reinstall or if I repair the itunes software the install program says everything is fine.
However when I connect to Ipod. The ipod window comes up in itunes and then shuts down real fast. Itunes continues to work but i can't see the ipod.
The showstopper happens when i shut down itunes after the attempt to connect the ipod. When I restart itunes i get the message -- "itunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall itunes".
Reinstall **** resumes.
What files are missing?
It would be nice if the interface offered more details. Or I could go online to a self diagnostic and repair web page like Microsoft offers.
Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler. -- Einstien..
I think things are too simple...
What are my options?
Help Please.

"itunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall itunes".
Just uninstall and reinstall. If you get some kind of error in the uninstall process, then if it were me, I'd use windows system restore to restore your system right before the original install of iTunes. Even if you don't get the error when you uninstall, it sounds to me like it hasn't been installed properly. So if you decide to go with system restore and the same thing happens, I would download a fresh copy of iTunes installer from their website:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Make sure you download the one for Windows.
"I check windows update. Microsoft says I'm up to date."
This is because that you are. Microsoft has nothing to do with iTunes updates.

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