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itunes keeps opening!

I have a PC running on windows vista and no matter how many times i exit itunes it starts up again after a few minutes.

please help, dont know what to do.

Windows Vista, itunes

Posted on Oct 27, 2011 5:20 PM

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Nov 9, 2011 7:53 AM in response to josiefromtoronto

My iTunes started doing this today as well. I have Windows 7. Windows suggested an update...which actually just took me to the download page for the latest version of iTunes. I have it already, but downloaded it anyway. When I launched it, it offered me the options of removal, or repair. I chose repair. It still opens up on its own.


Has anyone tried uninstalling and reinstalling? I haven't done that yet, and don't really have the time at this moment to.

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Nov 10, 2011 10:23 PM in response to guardiancs

As an update to my original post, unchecking the synch over Wifi feature for my iPhone 4 did stop iTunes from its insesent opening, phew. This latest upgrade by apple of iTunes and phone OS upgrade has been a nightmare. Activating the cloud option was a terrible idea for me, my calendar and contacts appeared in triplicate on my phone and in outlook.

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Nov 10, 2011 10:34 PM in response to josiefromtoronto

You may want to try this to prevent iTunes from popping up while retaining the wifi sync.


1. Click on Start. In the search box, type msconfig and press enter.

2. In the System Configuration dialog, go to Startup tab.

3. Search for iTunesHelper.exe and uncheck it.

4. Click Ok and restart your computer.


This should prevent iTunes from popping up anymore but will make the wifi sync unrealiable. There are times that my iPhone is not able to detect it. Cheers!!

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Nov 11, 2011 2:51 AM in response to josiefromtoronto

iTunes is basically finding your iPhone via wi-fi with the wifi auto sync and popping it open. So annoying but unticking the feature does stop this. Turning wifi off your iPhone/Ipad also works but why would you want to do that. Cant see many people having this feature ticked for long. Pointless..........

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