ITunes won't even run

I just bought an iPod Nano, installed everything, updated everything, and when I try to open iTunes, I can't even get it to run. I am working on a Windows XP. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling. Even starting from scratch with nothing but what came on the disc with my Nano. Help Please!!

You may have already done this, but if not, you'll want to post this in another forum: iTunes for Windows. You'll find better help and advice there.

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Okay.... here it is: I downloaded and installed 4.9 and now when I click on the iTunes shortcut on my desktop, iTunes won't even launch. In addition, my laptop won't even shut down properly now. I get a bizarre error message and it hangs for 4 or 5 minutes (despite the fact that I try to End Program over and over again). I have had to take the battery out to shut it down because of all this. More important, I can't access my iTunes!
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P.

Try using the "Clean' method for uninstalling/reinstalling iTunes. See Da Gohpa's link, toonz' link, as well as all the related links and activities provided below.
You may first want to try a Repair Install:
- Start menu -> Settings -> Control Panels -> Add or Remove Programs
- Select iTunes, Select Change/Remove button, Select "Repair", Click OK.
If that does not work, then read all the below and apply it to your situation:
General Advise for Installing Programs: toonz, "Itunes 4.9 for Windows Foul Up" #4, 07:23pm Jul 11, 2005 CDT
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Da Gopha, "iTfW: stepwise clean uninstallation of iTunes", 09:51am Apr 5, 2005 CDT
b Uninstalling iTunes will not erase your music files,
or the two meta-data files iTunes uses to store your music info files (iTunes 4 Music Library.itl & iTunes Music Library.xml). However, it is
i always
a prudent idea to have backups of your music files on some external source (CD, DVD or External Hard Drive).
b Prior to implementing the info in the links above,
close ALL running programs. In addition, you
b should
i temporarily
disable any TSR programs like firewalls, virus scanners, spy sweepers and the like. You will need to disable them both before uninstalling ANY software and/or before installing ANY software. Most of these TSR programs have System Tray Icons (usually located in the lower-right corner of your XP screen), that allow for an exit or quit or shutdown. Usually a single right-click on the icon will bring up a selection menu.
These TSR programs can impede installation of some software or create conflicts later on during operation (or lack of operation) Some anecdotal reports suggest that iTunes 4.8 & 4.9 are affected. Based on the amount of success by folks here who have tried the Clean Install, this seems to be a good solution for a variety of iTunes operational glitches
Please note that your TSR programs will all restart upon reboot. You will not be left unprotected. This also means that you need to remember to disable them when reinstalling iTunes after rebooting.
b Also:
You may still need to turn off the 'Fast User Switching' even if no one else is using the computer.
==>Start/Control Panel/User Accounts/Change the way users log on and off/ ==> remove the check mark from FUS.
See: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93764 and http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93395

I've just updated my Itunes to the newest update (iso7 I think) and now my itunes won't even open. It just jumps 2-3 times on my dock then doesn't open. I have no idea what to do , please help!

I've just updated my Itunes to the newest update (iso7 I think) and now my itunes won't even open. It just jumps 2-3 times on my dock then doesn't open. I have no idea what to do , please help!

Open Finder. Go to the "Go" menu in the menu bar. Press and hold Control and click on Library. Go to "Preferences". Find a file named, "com.apple.iTunes.plist" and delete that file. This won't delete your iTunes content. It will reset iTunes. Try it again.

I can watch all of my old TV shows on iTunes, but the last one I downloaded jammed up after about one minute. I tried quitting I-tunes and re-starting my computer to no avail. iTunes won't even let me delete it so I can try downloading it again.

I can watch all of my old TV shows on iTunes, but the last one I downloaded jammed up after about one minute. I tried quitting I-tunes and re-starting my computer to no avail. iTunes won't even let me delete it so I can try downloading it again. But it will let me delete other episodes.

This forum is for questions from those managing sites on iTunes U, Apple's service for colleges and universities to post educational material in the iTunes Store. You'll be most likely to get help with this issue if you ask in the general iTunes for Mac forum.
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Music gone, doesn't recognize iTunes, won't even respond...

Felicitations, guys, :P
I have a four-year old white 30G iPod that's been working as perfectly as the day I got it...until now, and I'm getting a little frustrated. D: My family and I went on vacation for a month, and I brought my iPod along for the trip, of course. I don't have the regular iPod charger that fits into the wall, since I usually use my iHome to charge it, so over the vacation I used my computer cord and my dad's laptop to charge it.
This usually works fine, since he doesn't have iTunes (it's a Lenovo using Windows Vista) and therefore doesn't try to sync up...usually it just charges great. I always use the "safely remove hardware" tool to eject my iPod to use it, but about halfway through the vacation, after ejection, I found out that my iPod had nothing on it - no music, no videos, no photos. I checked the settings and it had all 30G of space on there, so everything was erased, not just corrupted (or so it seems; I'm not an expert.)
I searched my dad's computer for my music, but it wasn't there; I didn't really panic, though, since I figured I could just resync it to my iMac when I got home, and everything would be fine...
So, I'm home now, and everything isn't fine. I plugged in my iPod into my iHome to let it charge (it was dead) and when it had enough juice, plugged it into my computer to let it sync. What do I get? A message on the screen that says "Please plug into iTunes to reboot," or something like that - I can't quote verbatim. Well, I was already doing that, so I ejected my iPod and made sure it was reset, turned it off, turned it on, then plugged it back in...and there's no response from iTunes. It won't even acknowledge my iPod.
Right now it's still plugged into my computer, and all it says on the screen is "Do not disconnect" in a strange font. Nothing else. Is there anything I can do?
Thanks, everyone,
-Ari

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Keeps saying damaged library. i have uninstalled and installed, deleted files and sent files to recycle. nothing works and now itunes won't even open.

i have repeatedly received the message that the itunes library is not valid and is damaged. i have uninstalled itunes between 6-8 times, sent files to recycled and still get the message. now, it won't even open....

Have you tried the procedure here?
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ITunes isn't even running

it all starts with me trying to run iTunes and i would get this:
"iTunes cannot run because some of its required files are missing. Please reinstall iTunes"
and so i try... i downloaded the newest version from the website and when trying to run the setup windows installer would give me this:
"the feature you are trying to use id on a network resource that is unavailable. Click OK to ry again, or enter an aternate path to a folder containing the installation package "iTunes.msi" in the box below"
it gives me a browsing option to locate the source. when i did finally find an "iTunes.msi" and i click OK it gives me:
"the file C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded Installations/......./iTunes.msi is not a valid installation package for the product iTunes. Try to find the installation package "iTunes.msi" in a folder from which you can install iTunes"
even if i try browsing to the downloaded setup it won't work. when i finally run out of options and click on cancel it would show:
"the installation source for this product is not available. Verify that the source exists and that you can access it"
and that's about it. This will show if i try to install, uninstall or repair... so nothing works... ANY IDEAS? please
HP Pavilion zv5000 Windows XP iPod Mini [Silver 6GB]

it all starts with me trying to run iTunes and i
would get this:
"iTunes cannot run because some of its required files
are missing. Please reinstall iTunes"
and so i try... i downloaded the newest version from
the website and when trying to run the setup windows
installer would give me this:
"the feature you are trying to use id on a network
resource that is unavailable. Click OK to ry again,
or enter an aternate path to a folder containing the
installation package "iTunes.msi" in the box below"
it gives me a browsing option to locate the source.
when i did finally find an "iTunes.msi" and i click
OK it gives me:
"the file C:/WINDOWS/Downloaded
Installations/......./iTunes.msi is not a valid
installation package for the product iTunes. Try to
find the installation package "iTunes.msi" in a
folder from which you can install iTunes"
even if i try browsing to the downloaded setup it
won't work. when i finally run out of options and
click on cancel it would show:
"the installation source for this product is not
available. Verify that the source exists and that you
can access it"
and that's about it. This will show if i try to
install, uninstall or repair... so nothing works...
ANY IDEAS? please
HP Pavilion zv5000
Windows XP iPod Mini [Silver 6GB]
I have a simular problem, after installing and accepting the agreement, i get a response that the iTunes folder is not available and can not be created. Is Apple going the way of Microsoft, where nothing seems to work?

Firefox is starting in a small window, and won't even run no matter what. Help?

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'''''Thumbnail Only'''''
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Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename '''xulstore.json''' to something like xulstore.old. If you see a file named localstore.rdf, rename that one to localstore.old as well.
Start Firefox back up again. Do windows display normally again?
'''Method #2:''' ''If you cannot get a Firefox window at all:''
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My iTunes won't even load anymore, when I click the icon, it looks like it will open and then it doesn't. Please Help!

iTunes will not open at all. It looks like it will and then it doesn't (the windows loading symbol appears and then it disappears). I even tried uninstalling iTunes and downloading it again and installing it, nothing works! Please Help!

1. First check if this file APSDaemon.exe is the problem here.
Close your iTunes.
Press Ctrl-Alt-Del key and choose Task Manager. In the "Processes" Tab, select the file APSDaemon.exe and click End Prosses button, then close the task manager window.
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Click STARTUP Tab, Uncheck "Apple Push", click OK.
Restart Windows.
2. If that fails, refer to following article to remove SC Info.lib file:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2363
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Itunes won't even open??

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ITunes won't even start

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ITunes won't even open, please help!

iTunes used to open when I turned on my PC but now will not open at all. I cannot access any music files or even use iTunes as a media played for cd's or anything. Everytime I try to open iTunes I get an error message that reads:
"The iTunes Music Library.itl file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file"
this just recently started happening, yesterday actually. I've tried updating iTunes, unsuccessful. Please assist!!!
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hi lotus!
"The iTunes Music Library.itl file is locked, on a locked disk, or you do not have write permission for this file"
first check to see if the library file has been set to "Read Only":
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but if no joy with that, head to the following KB doc:
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keep us posted.
love, b

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Itunes won't even openn in my pc!! help please!!!

i have my itunes account a month ago, and everything worked fine. It opened, i could sync, download, do everything.
Then one day(like 4 days ago) it has even open. nothing nothing. I cheked my pc firewall, my antivirus firewall and eveything is ok. soo what's the problem????? the last thing i did in my itunes store was to backup my iphone. But since then it died. the only thing it does is syncronize, only that. it can't go to the app store nor anything.
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ohh BTW i have itunes in my mom's pc can i used that itunes or it's not the same thing??? what if i download apps in my mom's pc that doesn't have any music and stuff, and then i sync it in mine?? any wayy
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TS1717 Restore my ipod? ITUNES WON'T EVEN LET ME SEE THE SUMMARY.

I have been going over my ipod touch for the past 5 hours: it was quite simple, i needed to reset my ipod to factory settings so connected my ipod, reset the settings and plugged it back into itunes.
Now for the past 3 hours, everytime i connect my ipod, itunes recognises that it is in, but only lets me see the 'Sync with itunes so you can listen to music, add apps and other media' whilst showing pointless arrows and texts telling me how to do so - my problem? EVERYTIME I CLICK ON A ******* BUTTON INCLUDING SUMMARY NOTHING HAPPENS.
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PLEASE SOMEONE HEP ME BEFORE I CAUSE A ******* RIOT.

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