QT error when opening iTunes - "QT failed to initalize: error 2093"
Trying to install iTunes 9 on new computer with Windows 7. Installed iTunes and QT without a problem, but when I try to open iTunes I get the above message. I've uninstalled and reinstalled QT, but get the same message. Any advice?
Interestingly, when I reinstalled at work today, no problems. I opened and closed iTunes several times. Now tonight, I tried to open iTunes and I'm back to the same error message. At work I'm running through a docking station; would that matter at all?
Yeah ... that seems an odd coincidence. (Not trying to suggest here that it is just a concidence ... the timing really does seem a bit suspicious.)
A few questions aimed at trying to work out if something significant is associated with the difference between home and work.
Every time you've had that error you've been at home, but whenever you've been using it at work (after reinstalling) it seems fine? If so, does the problem show up the first time you open iTunes when you're at home? Or does itunes seem to run properly at some times at home and then crash at home?
You mention the docking station ... are you using a different monitor at work than you do at home? (Say, you use the laptop's display at home, but a seperate monitor is plugged into the dock at work?)
Are you connecting to a network at work? If so does the network give you access to networked drives? (Wondering there about some odd situation where your QuickTime is actually installed (somehow) on a work drive ... and when you open the machine at home, the quicktime program is genuinely missing from the PC.)
If there's a work network, are you working at one of those places where they set up everyone's PCs so that "My Documents" folders get stored on a different central PC?
Are you using a different user account on the PC at work than you use on the PC when you have it at home?
(Sorry ... didn't intend to sound quite so much like the Spanish Inquisition, there ...)
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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Thank you for the question. You will need to rebuild your iTunes library file in order to open an older version of iTunes. Below, I have included the article that walks you through this process. Start with the section labeled Re-creating the iTunes Library file.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1451
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I may be one tiny person in a very large universe but I believe a certain standard can and should be expected when handing over hard earned cash to a company with a good reputation.
I'm very disappointed with Apple.
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Yesterday I bought a new smartphone - the Samsung Galaxy phone uses the Android Market and the Kies program. The phone is as good as if not better than the iPhone. The Kies program runs very smoothly on my computer. Downloading Apps is a breeze. My new phone is about the same size as the iPhone and a tad lighter.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
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[Error "800A0046 - Permission Denied" when installing the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility in Windows Vista|http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/170/1/Error-800A0046---Permission-D enied-when-installing-the-Windows-Installer-Cleanup-Utility-in-Windows-Vista.htm l]
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