Itunes podcast download (-39) error

Persistent fault with a (-39) error relating to broken/corrupted downloads. Itunes doesn't seem to cope too well with this and the tmp download file that's created is sometimes unrecoverable
In the following path...
C:\users\username\music\itunes library\itunes media\Downloads\Podcasts
Delete the file/folder concerned, go back to itunes and update podcast and it'll start again with a fresh download.

Mmm interesting.
Googling the error returns some people having problems syncing their photos, pointing to an iTunes client problem, which would make sense since you can subscribe to the podcast.
I still can't subscribe to it but I am hopefully the only one.
Thanks for your help.

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Okay, I had the exact same problem. I restarted by computer during the middle of a podcast download because my computer froze. In order to fix this, (I'm using a windows XP now):
1. Go to the start menu.
2. Click on search.
3. On the left menu, click on all files and folders.
4. Type the episode name of the podcast.
5. Results should come up.
6. Click on the folder that is named after the podcast episode.
7. Delete the two files located in the folder. (2 in my case, they were named download and something else I can't remember)
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Itunes podcast download (-39) error

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