iTunes stopped working on Vista

[brianlnic]

Hi, I am having a major problem with my iTunes program. Until about a week ago iTunes was working fine on my Vista Home Premium. One morning this week I got up and tried to turn it on and suddenly a box would pop up after about 10-20 secs of loading and say "iTunes has stopped Working" Then another box would pop up saying that when a solution becomes available, it will notify me or something to that effect. Since then I have tried everything I possible could think of like reinstalling itunes and changing my msconfig settings. I have been on countless forums as well looking for someone who has my exact same problem and the solutions presented their are not working for my situation. If anyone could help me get iTunes back working on my system, that would be great. Thanks.

Have you contacted Apple support?

[brianlnic]

You know, I figured out last night what it was. I started thinking that maybe my library files were corrupted. I opened up my Itunes Music folder and deleted those data files and wahlaa! iTunes opened up like a charm. I had to reimport my music, but that wasn't to bad, took about 2-5 mins with everything including my podcasts. If anyone else has this problem, I would suggest navigating to your itunes folder and cutting out ipod games library, itunes library & itunes music library and pasting them in another folder and see if that fixes your problem.

[surfomaniac]

Hi. I was facing the exact same problem for around 2 weeks and just today I figured out the reason. It was because I had installed the KLite Mega Codec Pack, it was clashing with iTunes (because Klite also has a QuickTime Alternative).

Steps to follow:
1. Uninstall iTunes.
2. Uninstall Klite Mega Codec Pack.
3. Install iTunes.
4. Goto Control Panel --> Programs and Features --> Uninstall QuickTime
5. Reinstall KLite Mega Codec Pack or Quicktime Alternative.

Note: iTunes 7 will require Quicktime Alternative 1.81

If your iTunes has stopped working due to a clash with QuickTime Alternative (or KLite Mega Codec Pack) this should solve the problem. It worked for me!

Hope this is useful.

Hi. I was facing the exact same problem for around 2 weeks and just today I figured out the reason. It was because I had installed the KLite Mega Codec Pack, it was clashing with iTunes (because Klite also has a QuickTime Alternative).

Steps to follow:
1. Uninstall iTunes.
2. Uninstall Klite Mega Codec Pack.
3. Install iTunes.
4. Goto Control Panel --> Programs and Features --> Uninstall QuickTime
5. Reinstall KLite Mega Codec Pack or Quicktime Alternative.

Note: iTunes 7 will require Quicktime Alternative 1.81

If your iTunes has stopped working due to a clash with QuickTime Alternative (or KLite Mega Codec Pack) this should solve the problem. It worked for me!

Hey, I'm having the same problem as you, I even tried a clean install of vista with no luck. Have you found a solution yet? If not what hardware are you running? I've got a E1505 with Intel T5600, 1.5 Gb RAM, and an ATI X1300 graphics card. I'm suspicious of that graphics card somehow being the problem.

before a few days my ipod and the related itunes were working properly. then
suddenly everytime i connected the ipod itunes got frozen. i tried to
reinstall itunes and now its shows that itunes stopped working for unknown
reasons.
how can i sort this out?

thanks in advance

[stephenmont]

I know this may be a stupid try at a fix. I uninstalled/reinstalled. Itunes still didnt work. But, then I opened Quicktime, apparntly quicktime didnt fully install until it is opened. So open quicktime, make sure it works, then try itunes

[jeff7513]

I think I figured out what is wrong. My movie files, for some reason, are set to open in real player. So I moved my movie file so that when itunes opens, it will not access it. And now itunes opens with no problems. Make sure your movies are set to open in quicktime.

For some reason itunes works fine now that I have changed my movies to open in itunes. But when I turn Genius on, I get the same error. I never use Genius, so I am just keeping it off. So far no problems. I hope this help anyone having the same problems I had.

[sdbeaton]

I got a new nano today and get the message Itunes Has Stopped Working. However it works fine with my old Nano. I've tried reinstalling Itunes and Quicktime, changing the MSConfig file. Any other thoughts?

hi i have problems with installing itunes ...in windows vista, my
edition is windows vista Home premium , 2006. 32 bit operating system,
intel core 2 duo, when ever i am tryin to install itunes its shwing " an
error occured during the installation of assembly 'microsoft.VC80.CRT,
publickeytoken=1fc8b8b39ale18e3b",type="win 32", version =
"8.0.50727.762", processorarchitecture="x86". please refer to help and
supprt for more information.HRESLUT:0x8007054F. please help me regarding
this problem. thx inadvances..........

I've tried every single solution given on here none of them worked. is there anything else that could be wrong?

[poolbear67]

I am having the same problems. "iTunes has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available." I have a brand new Toshiba with Intel Core 2 Duo with Vista 64 bit. I have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes and still have the same problem. I even reinstall an earlier version of iTunes and still recevie the same message. iTunes support has been no help! If anyone fdinds a solution, please let us know. This is so frustrating!

[mikeybaby1983]

By chance I've noticed that the problem is in the user account settings

if you create a new user account iTunes will work like a dream
again

I've not delved into the user settings that are pissing tunes
off but Playing wig trial and error unles some1 beats me to it and I hope
they do cos this whole scenario has caused me and my iPhone
with it's coma mode absolute hell: god bless and curse apple
at the same time. Gorgeous when it works, no support in the uk
unfortunatley. And thank god for people who aren't afraid to
experiment and risk f**kin* up their pcs in a good cause
i.e. Me cos iv tried things you wouldn't believE

[kev-ed]

heres the fix that worked for me .....

original problem was that as soon as my itouch was connected to the pc then itunes would start but then would close with a message " itunes has stopped working" os is vista 32

called apple support...told me to reset the itouch by holding down the button on the front of the itouch and at the sametime connect to the usb port on the pc.
a small graphic of the usb cable connection came up on the itouch. Itunes started and the itunes screen gave me the option to reset to factory default . WARNING.. THIS DELETES ALL YOUR MUSIC FROM THE IPOD and will have to download again fron your itunes library.

the original fault lie with the firmware in nthe itouch getting scrambled

hope this help

[enviroartiste]

so i hav the same problem. i did a lil experimenting & found out itunes works fine when my ipod is not connected. does this mean the problem is in my ipod?