ITunes error, it won't start!

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I recently upgraded iTunes with the newer version, but now iTunes won't start. I can't do anything with my music on my iPod, so help would be highly appreceated

It sounds like an installer error message, does this help?
http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108474

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ITunes and QuickTime won't start

Hi!
The problem is that I've installed iTunes, everything went fine, but when I'm trying to start it with iTunes.exe, it won't start.
I can see iTunes.exe in the task manager, for about 5 seconds, and then it disappears.
The same happens with QuickTime player(I don't really care about QuickTime but I thought it can help solving the problem).
I know there is a lot of topics about this on the internet, and yes I've googled it, but nothing solved my problem.
I tried a lot of things already:
* start iTunes.exe with administrator rights
* start iTunes.exe with XP and Vista compatibility modes
* reinstall iTunes with XP and Vista compatibility modes
* uninstall iTunes (and any other apple software), clean any leftover iTunes registry entry, and then reinstall everything again
* boot my windows 7 in safe boot mode, and try to start iTunes.exe
* turn off bonjour service then restart computer and try to start iTunes
* create a new user account, login and try to start iTunes
Nothing helped on Windows 7 32bit, though I have a Windows XP installed as a Virtualbox guest(the host OS is linux), and there is everything works fine, but I would like to use Windows 7.
I had the same problem with the previous version of iTunes. Now I'm trying to install the latest iTunes downloaded from the Apple's site.
I would really appreciate any suggestions!
Regards,
Ferenc Nagy
p.s.: Sorry for my english, I hope you can understand me!

Many thanks. Yes, let's first try uninstalling the ACE pack and seeing if iTunes will launch now.
If iTunes doesn't launch, the pack may have left behind old QuickTime version 6.x componentry in unorthodox locations in your Windows 7 system files. So we'll go looking for that.
First we'll adjust some view settings on the PC.
1. From the Start menu, click Computer.
2. In the Organize menu, click Folder and Search Options.
3. Click the View tab.
4. In the "Advanced settings" pane under "Hidden files and folders" make sure that the "Show hidden files and folders" option is selected, and the "Hide extensions for known file types" option is unchecked.
5. Click OK.
Now, in Computer, open your C drive (or whichever drive your operating system is installed on).
Open the "Windows" folder.
Open the "System32" folder.
What files or folders can you see in there with QuickTime in the file or folder name? (In a standard installation of QuickTime, you should see precisely two files ... QuickTime.qts and QuickTimeVR.qtx ... and no QuickTime folders whatsoever.)

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upgraded itunes because it was nagging me, now it won't start.
Mac Mini on OSX.8.5 anyone know how to fix this?
thanks
Graeme

Restart your computer,
Refer steps here to delete SC files:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2363
Then proceed to repair your QuickTime. START / CONTROL PANEL / Programs n Features / highlight QUICKTIME and click CHANGE then REPAIR.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

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I repeatedly tried to download iTunes 7.1 for my new iPod nano on my Windows XP, when the download completes and I try to run the program an error message comes up stating that iTunesupdate.exe is not a valid Win32 application...I have tried erasing iTunes completely then re-downloading it, tried re-intsalling but nothing works. I have been trying to get help for the past month now, no one seems to know anything, this is the last resort please help ASAP.
Thanx a bunch.

okay, let's give this document a try:
iTunes: Windows reports that iTunesSetup.exe is not a "valid Win32 application"

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Just installed itunes 9.2 update and get "The iTunes application could not be opened. An unknown error occurred (13014)".
I had installed all available iTunes updates before.
My MacOS version is 10.6.3. (installed it back after 10.6.4 upgrade because of issues with hard drive).
Please help!

try if any of the suggestions in this thread help: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2302632&tstart=90.
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my itunes/Quicktime suddenly failed to open. I get a message saying iTunes needs to close. This happened after it would not close by itself one time. I've tried to remove programs from my pc then readd them but the same error keeps happening. Can anyone help me?

hi Double_Duce!
Message: Quicktime failed to initialize: error #63441
"Please make sure Quicktime is properly installed in this computer."
After clicking OK... the IntallDriver Module shutdown...
Then Quicktime Error: 1606 - "Could not access network location QTComponents/. {retry} / {cancel}
hmmmm. it's actually a bit unusual (in my experience) to see both of those error messages together like that. (the 1603 at the end of the chain is just sort of a "by-blow" of the previous problems, and if we fix those the 1603 should go away of its own accord.)
let's first try doing something that has worked in the past with both of those initial error messages.
first, download and install a copy of the Windows Installer CleanUp utility (we will be using it later on):
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then we'll try to uninstall any existing QT on your PC. use the QT portion of the complete uninstall instructions given here:
Troubleshooting iTunes, iPod Software, and QuickTime installation on Windows
... if you run into trouble on the uninstall, use the Windows Installer CleanUp utility to remove any existing QuickTime installation registry entries, and then use the uninstall instructions as a guide to a manual QT uninstall.
but even if you don't run into trouble, run the utility anyway afterwards just to make sure we've cleaned out any leftover registry entries.
once the QT has been scraped out, we'll try the careful standalone QT 7.0.3 install again.
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ITunes 10.5 won't start

Hi,
I've had nothing but problems with iTunes 10.5 on my Windows 7 x64 system since I have made the upgrade. iTunes will sometimes start, but most of the time I launch iTunes and nothing happens. If I go into task manager, I see that "iTunes.exe *32" is running. Killing the task and trying to restart iTunes causes the same problem.
When iTunes gets to this state, I have to reboot. And rebooting hangs my computer at "Shutting down" so I have to do a hard power off. iTunes will run fine after a restart, but after some time will fail again after closing and being launched.
I've completely removed and uninstalled iTunes 10.5 to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this? Is going back to the previous version of iTunes even an option when I am running iOS5?
Thanks!
Dan

I have had the exact same problem since allowing the 10.5 version of itunes to update on my computer. I spent over 1 hour on the phone with the apple support team, and they couldn't fix it. After they couldn't fix it, they tried to blame my Norton 360 security, even though I tried to explain to them that it is a Windows error, and it even happened after I deinstalled the security software. (and yes, disabled the Windows firewall.) I ended up deinstalling all apple programs, quicktime, bonjour, and itunes from my computer. I then googled "itunes apps. downloads" and found a website where I could download the previous version of itune for free. it's not ideal, but I was stuck in a situation where I couldn't use my ipod at all. I can survive like this until Apple realizes that we're not all crazy, and fixes the problem.

ITunes 8.2 won't start? Possible solution

After a bunch of software updates downloaded to my wife's iBook (G4, 14", 1.33 GHz, 768 MB RAM, OS X 10.4.11) last week, iTunes wouldn't start.
I tried other discussion suggestions (temporarily removing .itdb files in the [username]/Music/iTunes folder and deleting the folder's iTunes Library). iTunes still wouldn't start.
I trashed iTunes and followed other suggestions to remove all traces of it. I emptied the trash, restarted and reinstalled: Did iTunes work? Nope.
The crash report mentioned Quicktime. I tried to start it. No go. Hmmmm.
So I trashed Quicktime.app and all traces of it in /Library, /Library/Preferences and ~/Library (get to those by choosing Finder/Go/Go to Folder . . .)
I noticed the Quicktime folder for Library/Preferences also contained files for Flip for Mac WMV. So I deleted the Flip for Mac application, too. I emptied the trash. Two items wouldn't delete: an apple service -- can't remember what -- and a Flip for Mac service. The Mac said they were in use. So I emptied the trash again after the restart to delete those things.
Then I reinstalled Quicktime (7.6.2 for Tiger).
Viola. iTunes (and Quicktime) started working.
I suspect Flip for Mac and its parts were the culprits. I can't prove it. It was an older install and possibly incompatible with the latest update.
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Trouble shooting advises to uninstall itunes and QTime and download, can't download, machine locks up everytime at 97% complete. Now I can;t acces itunes at all...
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ITunes and iPhoto won't start up

I am having quite a major problem here....
I have downloaded the mac os x lion....
and I just cant seem to open neither my iTunes or iPhoto!
when i try to open iPhoto, it says,"internal error"
when i open my itunes, it either says,"error" or,"error(-50)
i have tried to reinstall my itunes, but all it says is still,"error" when i start it up.
Urgent help needed,
mac user [marcus]

It appears, then goes again shortly after.
That's more consistent with malware than most other things ... however the AVG Antispyware typically catches that.
Let's check to see if you've got an atypical set of symptoms of a broken QuickTime. (Following up again on that error message that you get when you click on the QuickTime control panel.)
Let's try swapping out your existing QuickTime.
let's try this technique first.
head into your Add/Remove programs. uninstall QuickTime.
Next, we’ll manually remove any leftover program files and folders.
1. On the Start menu, click My Computer (or double-click My Computer on the Desktop).
2. In My Computer, open Local Disk.
3. Open Program Files.
4. Right-click on the QuickTime folder and click Delete from the shortcut menu.
5. Navigate to C:\Windows\system32\.
6. Remove the files QuickTime.qts and QuicktimeVR.qtx.
7. Restart your computer.
next, we'll get a fresh copy of QuickTime into your PC by doing a repair install of itunes.
switch off antivirus and antispyware applications prior to the repair install.
go into Add/Remove and select itunes. click "Change" and then click "Repair".
if the repair install goes through okay, restart the PC and try launching QuickTime again. does it launch properly now?
If the QuickTime is launching properly, is iTunes launching too now?

ITunes and Quicktime won't start up.

I've tried installing and re-installing iTunes about three times now, and each time it'll seem to have installed successfully, but whenever I try to tell the program to start up, it just literally does nothing. I tried to uninstall Quicktime it starts the uninstall, then comes up with an error saying "Fatal error during" with no other text. I click Ok, the window closes and the uninstall is cancelled, with nothing being changed. please help

*Replying to eddy*
An exception occurred while trying to run “C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL“C:\WINDOWS\system32\QuickTime.c pl”,QuickTime
Perfect! Thank you eddy.
Okay, we're not just dealing with a broken QuickTime here. Some other application (of the same general type that I asked about earlier, or possibly a game) has installed older versions of QuickTime program files in your \system32\ folder. That's what is causing the QuickTime (and iTunes) launch problems, and it's also interfering with your QuickTime uninstalls (producing that fatal error message). So we're going to have to clean that stuff out as well (or else your QuickTime and iTunes are still not going to launch, even after we've fixed your QuickTime).
Preliminaries
Download and save a fresh copy of the QuickTimeInstaller.exe (QuickTime installer file) to your hard drive. (Don't try to run the install on line, and don't start the install just yet.) Get the QuickTime installer that doesn't mention iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/
*Uninstall and clearing program files and folders phase*
Download and install the Windows Installer CleanUp utility from Microsoft:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290301
Now run the utility ("Start > All Programs > Windows Install CleanUp"). In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any QuickTime entries, and click "Remove". Quit out of CleanUp.
Now we'll clear away the leftover QuickTime program files and folders.
Open My Computer. Go "Tools > Folder Options" and click the "View" tab. Make sure that "Show hidden files and folders" is selected and that "Hide extensions for known filetypes" is unchecked. Okay out of the Tab.
Now open "Local Disk (C:)" or whichever drive your Program files are installed on.
Open the "Program Files" folder.
Right-click on the QuickTime folder and select "Delete".
Go back into My Computer and open your C drive.
Open the "Windows" folder.
Open the "system32" folder.
Look for any files or folders with Quicktime in the file name. Delete any such files/folders that you find. (Can't tell you precisely what to look for, because what QuickTime componentry gets dumped in there depends on which program did the dumping.)
Now empty your recycle bin and restart the PC.
*Reinstall phase*
Don't open any other applications after the restart. Now start the reinstall by doubleclicking the QuickTimeInstaller.exe file you downloaded earlier.
Does that install go through okay? If so, do QuickTime and iTunes start launching again?

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hi Cam!
i've got you bookmarked. i've already thrown you at one other
b really
recalcitrant NIS 2005 problem. will let you know if we get success (that particular person is really good about reporting back on progress).
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