ITunes Library doesn't share to iPhone properly

Hi everyone. I have an iPhone 4S and a WIndows 7 computer with iTunes 11. I have iTunes set to share entire library. Then when I go to my iPhone and select Music > Shared > and then select the library, it loads for a while and then appears, but I notice that the entire library isn't there. It's hard to say how much of the library actually shows up, but it's probably less than half. This has been happening for a long time, I just haven't had a chance to post this question here. Is this an iPhone problem or a Windows problem? Thanks.

I have the same problem on a smaller scale.
apple support wasn't much help.
I went to another older computer that was authorized and synced thru it and they all loaded.
I don't know what I'll do if I want to use this computer exclusively.

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I accidently deleted my Itunes library and emptied the trash. I do have Time Machine. Can I use that to restore it? I went into Time Machine and couldn't click on the "Music" folder where my Itunes library was stored, even on backups earlier than when I deleted it. Am I doomed? How can I restore my library?
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What to do when you get "iTunes library app not installed on iPhone; app could not be found". None of the Apple suggestions fix the problem. For example, with Animoto, one of the problem apps, I have removed it, reinstalled it, and still get the eoor message.

Of course.
First of all, this started when an external drive i was using died on me. I have no doubt that these apps indeed are off my system. I figure between the apps I've bought for myself and my kid, I have about 150 apps.
Now. The issue.
When I sync my iPad with iTunes on my desktop, it goes through normally until it gets to the apps. When that happens, it get an error box that reads "Some of the apps in your iTunes library were not installed on the iPad because one or more errors occurred. For a list of appps that could not be installed, click on the triangle below."
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Sounds like the issue I had with iTunes for a while, before I realised I was starting it BEFORE the network share (remote drive) was mounted. I use a ReadyNAS NV+, but the principle is the same...
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A:
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Hello, lmd2015.
When receiving a sync session failed to start alert, I would recommend closing all open applications in multitasking, power cycling the device and restarting iTunes. Attempt the sync again after processing these steps.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Cheers,
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Hi all,
I am aware that these forums gets lots of PC -> Mac iTunes library migration questions. However, I'm having trouble with my particular situation.
Just got a new Mac Pro yesterday. It came with Tiger installed and a Leopard upgrade disc. So, I've already upgraded to Leopard. Software updater has already updated iTunes to v7.4.3. I have the iTunes library on a network share under folder called "My Music". The Mac has no issues with seeing the shared drive.
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I have a MacBook and an iPhone. Have some music purchased in iTunes Store and some from an external source directly loaded from MB to the phone. Currently manual sync is set up.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
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