My iTunes won't open, yet I have reinstalled it multiple times.

Help please.

Follow these instructions to completely remove Apple software
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Then use free Ccleaner to repeatly repair your registry until it's fixed.
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download/standard
download iTunes again from Apple.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/
If you have 64bit Vista or Windows 7, look for the seperate download of iTunes for that further down the page.
Once installed, use the Apple Software Update under your Start Menu to fully update all Apple components.
Your content will remain on the drive in the Music > iTunes Folder, nothing is deleted.
You should be making backups of your content regularly, either through iTunes or via copying the iTunesFolder in your Music folder to a external drive.
Windows is notorious for having "other" issues that make it unstable, we as volunteers helping others can't always resolve those issues.

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Do you get an error message when you try to open it?
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After the restore did the phone work properly for a while? Say, a day or so?
If so it is possible you have an app that doesn't let go of memory properly. I reboot my iPhone ( hold sleep/wake and hole till you see the apple logo) every few days. This resets the memory. The iPhone OS has doesn't seem to mange memory very well yet. So a reboot will help with that. I have had my phone almost slow to a stop before I started rebooting. Always reboot after installing a new app. Also do you close all pages in Safari when you are done? This is a good practice. Safari will run in the background and use processor time and drain your battery quicker. Create a new blank page then close all others when you are done browsing for a while. I have also found that certain web site that have animated images like weather maps will turn the phone into molasses. As soon as i close that page it gets faster.
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ITunes won't open after OS X reinstall.. Help!

I am selling my MacBook (upgraded to a MB Pro), so I wiped it and reinstalled OS X 10.5.8. I did all the software updates, and then tested a couple applications. When I tried to open iTunes, a message pops up that says:
"iTunes requires QuickTime 7.5.5 or later. For more information about upgrading your computer, visit http://www.apple.com/quicktime"
Seeing how QuickTime is built into the OS, there's no download I can find on the Apple site, and software update says everything's up to date. I've tried uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling, but same message and iTunes still won't open. I don't want to delete QuickTime if there's no download to reinstall it, and I've even tried putting a music CD in the drive to get iTunes to open, and no luck.
What do I do? Please help! Thanks in advance!

I also have the same problem, but the Software Updates tool doesn't recognise that Quicktime is out of date. Have you tried downloading Quicktime 7.7 Leopard from http://support.apple.com/downloads/#quicktime as this worked for me...?

ITunes won't open anymore. Have uninstalled and re-installed multiple times but installer window never pops up (Windows 7).

I have Windows 7 and my iTunes mysteriously stopped working. The loading sign (little blue circle next to the mouse) came up but nothing would happen. So I uninstalled it and re-installed it. Except it's the exact same problem. I click on the iTunes Setup shortcut and, again, nothing happens. I've uninstalled everything to do with Apple (Quicktime, Bonjour etc.) and have made sure that when I download the program again, it's set for Windows 7. I've also tried restoring my computer to a previous date, when iTunes did work, but it was the same thing! Nothing happens. IE works just fine and I'm able to download other things from the internet, all except for iTunes.

Are you re-installing Itunes 10.4? If you search around the discussion you'll see lots people are having issues with 10.4, including myself, probably best to go down to 10.3 until Apple fixes the issues with 10.4.

ITunes won't open yet it is playing

I hope someone can help me. I had just loaded a CD onto iTunes and had put the name and album title into the "get information" section, then I went to load another CD and now I can't find it anywhere. When I click on the logo/link it doesn't do anything at all. I tried to do a RUN: itunes.exe and nothing happened.
All the while the music is playing so I know it's someplace on this computer.
Is there some other way to open it up again?
Thanks,
Julie

Have you tried force quitting?
Cmd + Option (Alt) + Esc
Or a hard reset: hold down the power button until the machine turns off and then turn it on again.

ITunes won't open or uninstall and reinstall

I recently tried to download iTunes 10 but a part of it didn't download right and now when I press iTunes it says, "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item." Then when I try to uninstall it says the installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file. And when I just try to download it again from apple.com it doesn't let me download it. I just recently bought an iPod touch and I haven't been able to do anything with it because of iTunes, so any help would be really appreciated.

I am also having this problem. Only started tody.
Origially I couldn't open the program as whenever I tried the shortcut or the file it came up with a message that said it had been moved.
So I uninstalled and then re-downloaded the setup files and re-installed.
Now I get the message:
"Windows cannot access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item."
I cannot uninstall or re-install either, this gives the message:
"The Installer has insufficient priviledges to modify this file: C:\Program Files\iTunes\Acknowledgements.rtf.
Please help!

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Itunes won't open after installing 10.6

The OTA upgrade to 5.1 went great but after I installed itunes 10.6 and restarted my computer (laptop with windows vista) itunes won't open if I ununstall & reinstall will I lose everything?

Nope. But backing up before you do this is recommended.
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows XP
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1925

ITunes won't open, I get this message: The iTunes Library .itl file is locked, on a locked disk or you do not have write permission for this file.

iTunes won't open.
I get this message: The iTunes Library .itl file is locked, on a locked disk or you do not have write permission for this file.

This may indicate a corrupt preference file with iTunes trying to open the wrong location. Try holding down shift as you launch iTunes then choose the correct file, normally <User's Music>\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl. See iTunes: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file or create a new one.
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My iTunes won't open! It keeps saying 'The iTunes Library.itl is locked on a locked disk or you not have write permission for this file.' Please Help!

My iTunes won't open! It keeps saying 'The iTunes Library.itl is locked on a locked disk or you not have write permission for this file.' Please Help!

this may happen on external drives if:
The external drive was hotpluged (removed) without going the correct "eject" way
The iTunes library (database) got corrupted
First Aid for external drive
Close iTunes
Unmount (eject) external drive the right way.
Mount drive again
Go to Workplace -> right click external drive -> choose "clean up" This will force the filesystem to rescan the file structure of the drive and rebuilding the file system table and journaling file.
After the tool shows "done" (could last some time depending on size of drive) restart iTunes
If your iTunes library is on your internal drive, this may happen
The system was not shoot down correct, e.g. "pulled the plug"
The iTunes library (database) got corrupted
First Aid for internal hard drive
Close iTunes
Reboot system
Go to Workplace -> right click external drive -> choose "clean up"
After the tool shows "done" (could last some time depending on size of drive)
Reboot system, restart iTunes
If none of the above fixes your problem, post here.
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I have Windows 8 and Itunes 11.1.2. When I click on the Itunes desktop shortcut, Itunes won't open. I just the icon go to the taskbar and nothing more. Please help.

I have Windows 8 and Itunes 11.1.2. When I click on the Itunes desktop shortcut, Itunes won't open. I just the icon go to the taskbar and nothing more. Please help.

Delete the shortcut and make a new one. The 'real' application will probably be fine if you launch it from the Start/Programs menu.

TS1717 My itunes won't open - it says: 'The program can't start because MSVCR80.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem' I have tried un-installing then re-installing itunes and I still get the same message??

My itunes won't open - it says: 'The program can't start because MSVCR80.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem' I have tried un-installing then re-installing itunes and I still get the same message?? Can anyone help?

I have the exact same problem.
I have uninstalled the program, rebooted and downloaded the update again. Same problem, same message.
Please, where is that missing MSVCR80.dll? I don't remember misplacing it.
I'm a Windows 7 user.

I have Windows XP on my dell desktop- I have uninstalled Itunes and reinstalled Itunes 10.2.5 - when the install finished i got the error 7 windows error 126 and the itunes won't open

I have Windows XP on my dell desktop- I have uninstalled Itunes and reinstalled Itunes 10.2.5 - when the install finished i got the error 7 windows error 126 and the itunes won't open

I have uninstalled Itunes and reinstalled Itunes 10.2.5
Doublechecking. Did you just uninstall iTunes, and not the related software and components?
The 7 can be caused by damage to one of the other software components associated with iTunes (most commonly Apple Application Support). If that's what is afoot, a complete uninstall/reinstall may be of some assistance:
Removing and reinstalling iTunes, QuickTime, and other software components for Windows Vista or Windows 7

My itunes won't open - message says is locked or don't have permission how do i unlock?

My itunes won't open - message says is locked or don't have permission. How do I unlock?

Read the part about changing permissions on the iTunes folder in: https://discussions.apple.com/message/11583914

My iTunes won't open, yet I have reinstalled it multiple times.

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