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FIX: iTunes Not Working on XP? It's Quicktime's Fault |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
So, you're one of the poor souls out there scouring Google for a solution to the problem of iTunes not running on Windows XP. Either you get an error prompt with the option to send an error report, or you get nothing, and the iTunes process hangs and eats resources in the background.
Sometimes, the problem is nLite related, with missing DLL's and all. You can find help for that elsewhere. I'd try this fix first, though, as it is much easier to accomplish.
If you still have iTunes installed, go ahead and uninstall Quicktime Only! If you get an error and can't, delete the QuickTime folder in C:\Program Files and try it again. Then, go download QTAlternative (not the lite version), the opensource clone of Quicktime. Install that puppy, and try to start iTunes...success?
If you have already removed iTunes, grab the installer and extract it with WinRar or 7zip. Then, only run the iTunes installer, after you have installed QTAlternative.
With this setup, iTunes runs, and I don't have to see those annoying Quicktime ads every time I watch a .mov file.
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