ITunes shows in Task Manager but doesn't run
I was having an issue where my iTunes would start and show as a process running in Windows Task Manager, however, the GUI interface would never show up. I could end the process, but restarting the application led me to the sam state I was in before; the process was there, but no iTunes.
I am running Windows XP Media Centre 2005 edition with rollup 2, 2Gb of RAM, AVG AntiVirus, all the latest MS patches and Windows Defender all up-to-date. Stopping all the anti virus and anti-malware programs didn't help. Reinstalling iTunes did nothing, and installing the stand-alone version of QuickTime did not work either.
I searched many an archived article to find the particular solution that worked for me, and I have linked to it below.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302386
Hope this helps someone in the future. It was a very frustrating exercise, to say the least.
HP Pavilion m7250n Windows XP MCE 2005 Rollup 2
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302386
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