Vista - itunes on Windows Vista no longer works

I recently purchased an ipod 80 gb player and was using it to transfer
music from my cds with Itunes 7.1 on my vista 32 pc (HP Pavilion
a1730n) for 2 weeks with no problems. I then started downloading some
video podcasts onto my ipod using itunes and started to have problems
with the operating system crashing in the middle of a download (the
blue screen of death with pop up - causing me to reboot my computer by
holding down the power button).

Now itunes will not open up at all. When I try to open itunes I get a
pop up informing me that "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." This message comes up
everytime I try to open ITunes.

I tried uninstalling both ITunes and Quicktime and then reinstalling
but Itunes still will not open. I even tried a system restore, but
that didn't work either.

Has anyone else experienced this problem with ITunes and found a
solution? Any ideas would be appreciated.

thanks.

I have the same problem. I am running Vista Ultimate, and iTunes 7.1.x (the
latest version of iTunes, that I re-downloaded yesterday. I cannot run
help/about to see the version, since iTunes wont run.)

For several weeks, iTunes ran fine. I was a happy camper.

But then it crashed a few days ago, and it never recovered. Whenever I try
to run iTunes, it displays only a dialog box saying ""ITunes has stopped
working" with all the same wording as the person below saw. If I reboot
Vista, then usually iTunes will work for a few mintutes, but soon it will
stop and display that same error message. And until I reboot, I get the same
error whenver I try to run iTunes. I tried reinstalling iTunes, but no luck
there.

Recommended fixes would be greatly appreciated.

-- Bruce

> I recently purchased an ipod 80 gb player and was using it to transfer
> music from my cds with Itunes 7.1 on my vista 32 pc (HP Pavilion
> a1730n) for 2 weeks with no problems. I then started downloading some
> video podcasts onto my ipod using itunes and started to have problems
> with the operating system crashing in the middle of a download (the
> blue screen of death with pop up - causing me to reboot my computer by
> holding down the power button).
>
> Now itunes will not open up at all. When I try to open itunes I get a
> pop up informing me that "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." This message comes up
> everytime I try to open ITunes.
>
> I tried uninstalling both ITunes and Quicktime and then reinstalling
> but Itunes still will not open. I even tried a system restore, but
> that didn't work either.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this problem with ITunes and found a
> solution? Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> thanks.
>
>

I finally gave up trying to get itunes to work. I'm now using an
application called anapod which is made by red chair software
(www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/). It's a good alternative to itunes
in that it lets you transfer your music and video from your pc to your
ipod. However, it is not quite as user-friendly as itunes and you
can't use it to purchase new content. It costs about $25 and it will
allow you to continue to use your ipod until vista and itunes can
learn to co-exist.

Rich


On May 14, 8:56 pm, Bruce <coding-r...@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
> I have the same problem. I am runningVistaUltimate, andiTunes7.1.x (the
> latest version ofiTunes, that I re-downloaded yesterday. I cannot run
> help/about to see the version, sinceiTuneswont run.)
>
> For several weeks,iTunesran fine. I was a happy camper.
>
> But then it crashed a few days ago, and it never recovered. Whenever I try
> to runiTunes, it displays only a dialog box saying ""ITuneshas stopped
> working" with all the same wording as the person below saw. If I rebootVista, then usuallyiTuneswill work for a few mintutes, but soon it will
> stop and display that same error message. And until I reboot, I get the same
> error whenver I try to runiTunes. I tried reinstallingiTunes, but no luck
> there.
>
> Recommended fixes would be greatly appreciated.
>
> -- Bruce
>
>
>
> > I recently purchased an ipod 80 gb player and was using it to transfer
> > music from my cds withItunes7.1 on myvista32 pc (HP Pavilion
> > a1730n) for 2 weeks with no problems. I then started downloading some
> >videopodcasts onto my ipod usingitunesand started to have problems
> > with the operating system crashing in the middle of a download (the
> > blue screen of death with pop up - causing me to reboot my computer by
> > holding down the power button).
>
> > Nowituneswill not open up at all. When I try to openitunesI get a
> > pop up informing me that "ITuneshas stopped working A problem caused
> > the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program
> > and notify you if a solution is available." This message comes up
> > everytime I try to openITunes.
>
> > I tried uninstalling bothITunesand Quicktime and then reinstalling
> > butItunesstill will not open. I even tried a system restore, but
> > that didn't work either.
>
> > Has anyone else experienced this problem withITunesand found a
> > solution? Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
> > thanks.- Hide quoted text -
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