Question about reinstalling itunes

I downloaded the latest Itunes, and now, it freezes while trying to update the library. I want to reinstall itunes but I am afraid I will lose all my music.
My question is, if I delete itunes, will all my songs in my library go with it?
Mike

Your music files are in a different folder than the application. Is it really freezing? It takes several minutes to go through the library depending on how many songs you have. Go fix a snack and come back in 10 minutes and see if iTunes has finished. I speak from experience.
Tracy

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iantoole wrote:
Just a thought. Should I somehow open iTunes on MBP2 using MBP1's Library file??
both Macs can access the same library file, however, only one at a time !
to do that, you would ideally have the entire iTunes folder (not just the iTunes music folder) on the external. then, on one Mac after the other, launch iTunes while holding the option key, click on +choose library+ when prompted, and select the iTunes folder on the external.
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I know how to remove itunes, but if I reinstall itunes will the music stay in itunes or do I have to reimport everything. If I have to reimport everything is there any way to make it easy.
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hi,
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pc running windows xp Windows XP
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
If you delete everything from your iTunes library
(Moving it to the Recylcle Bin), you can then go to
File>Add Folder to Library and select the Music
folder from your external drive.
Or, from the file browser you can locate the Music
folder on the external drive and drag+drop it into
the iTunes window.
Hope this helps!
hi,
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