I Lost My ITunes

[nightowl]

Lately when my Itunes gets a popup saying theres a newer update and do you want to install. I click yes and seconds later says ITunes has been updated, Then I get a message saying ITunes setup has encountered a problem and needs to close. So my Itunes was not updated.

So I decided to go right to the website and update it there. I went thru the long process and it seemed to work and said I needed to reboot before the changes take place. So I rebooted and when it booted up the screen resolution on my computer was at its lowest and The icons were huge. I tried to reset it through Properties but would not let me. So I did a System Restore and that seemed to get my computer back to normal. Then I clicked ITunes and it wouldn't work.

So I uninstalled ITunes and Quick Time thru add/remove Programs then reinstalled my old version of ITunes with the CD I got with the IPod. Rebooted again and computer worked ok but ITunes gives me this message.

The file Ituneslibrary.itl cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of ITunes.

I'm not sure what I should do next. Maybe Uninstall and reinstall the new version on the website. But I'm a little leary of doing that after what happened last time I installed it..........Jim

[Ioman]

Try this: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=642274

I hope the answer in in there.

[ECA]

THERE is no Itunes for win2000 or BEFORE...

[nightowl]

Thanks Ian I'll check that out,

Hi ECA I have Windows XP SP2.........Jim

[ECA]

Its still turning into a POS/bloatware software.

everytime you plug an Idevice in, Itunes wants to update the hardware...They did this a few times and Killed the hardware on many devices, including the Shuffle. took them 3 months to FIX it. And its happened MORE then 1 time.. I would find an alternative.

[nightowl]

Yes its screwed up. I think I'll keep this old version for now.But it just asked me to update again. No Thanks.:eww

That fix Ian sent me to worked. What I did was took a Previous library and renamed it iTunes Library.itl, Deleted the old iTunes Library.itl file that was there and replaced it with the one i just renamed and it worked. Pretty Cool, Thanks for the Link Ian.......Jim

[Ioman]

Glad it worked bro!

[nightowl]

Thanks again bro. :cheers