Why does itunes also try to open in my inactive desktop (wndows7)

When I plug my apple device into my (windows 7 home) computer; ipod nano or iphone 5 (ios 7)  itunes tries to open not only on my desktop but also on a desktop in the background.  this causes interference when trying to sync my device to the computer.  I hear error sounds and when I open the other desktop I will find several messages telling me that I cant open more than one copy of itunes at a time on the computer.  I have already uninstalled and reinstalled itunes but this has not fixed the problem.  I also have tried closing the other desktop, and this does work but I am concerned about the underlying problem - that maybe something is crossed between the 2 desktops??  This has been a issue on this computer for over a year. any suggestions?

As you have pointed out, the message told you that you cannot have two copies of iTunes open at one time. So uninstalling and reinstalling will not achieve anything.
steve10000 wrote:
I also have tried closing the other desktop, and this does work ...
Of course, because then you do not have more than one copy of iTunes open.
steve10000 wrote:
This has been a issue on this computer for over a year. any suggestions?
It's been this way as long as I have used iTunes on two user accounts (and that's several years). My only suggestion is that you close iTunes on one user account before opening it on the other account. It's what I do.
Of course, if you so wish, you could send feedback to Apple, at http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html but I wouldn't get your hopes up if I were you.

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