The iTunes Library File cannot be saved. You do not have enough access priv

Tell us, what recently changed on your PC? Windows update? Security software update? Something had to change for this to mysteriously start happening. It might be a bit difficult to find out exactly what, but something did change.

After installing Service Pack 3 on XP pro i got the same message. I unstalled itunes and quicktime - and reinstalled - now it seems fine again.

**** it! a few hours later the message came back again! I hope someone eventually will find a way out of this.

I am seeing the same error. I am running on Windows XP ME on an HP Athelon, iTunes 7.6.2.9.

I even tried uninstalling SP3, and reinstalling iTunes. Also starting iTunes with the shift key down, and recreating the iTunes library. I have also tried moving the library aside, recreating the library, and reimporting the library. Every time every effort ends in this error.

See this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7463672

I also saw someone saying they increased their Swap File size.

I, personally, had a problem with permissions. In Vista 64 I had relocated my "My Documents" etc folders to a different drive. They came across ok except that some of them had explicitly specified 'no permissions' for my user. The fix was easy:
1. just Right Click the folder
2. select Properties
3. go to the Security tab
4. click the Edit button
5. hit Continue on the UAC (User Access Control)
6. click on your User
7. click Modify (or Full Control if you prefer)

In XP the process is pretty much the same, minus step 5.
You may also want to do the same process on the index file itself to verify that the permissions filter down.

I just updated to Itunes 8.0 and started having the same problem. I can see the last time the itunes music library was saved, which was just before I started getting the message. I am using windows Vista. I followed the steps the user above was mentioning. I also have a custom location of the ITL on a network drive. I am the owner of the itunes library. It seems that there is a "Temp File.tmp" in the directory that I can't delete because I don't have permissions - I wonder if this might have something to do with it?

Same problem here. Dell D630 running XP. I just installed iTunes 8.0. Crazy!

Seems to have been that "Temp File.tmpy.itl" or similarly named file that was causing the trouble. Turns out my anti-virus software, Bitdefender, had opened that file and wasn't letting go.

I just used Process Explorer, found the file that was being used and forcedly closed the file handle.

Problem solved (for me anyway).

I'm having the same issue. Anyone able to fix it?

jscro
Well, it might just be faster to give yourself full control and ownership of the folder where the ITL file is.



And also a few parent folders up in the folder tree.



I recently installed XP SP3 on my laptop. Got errors that I didn't have permissions to do it. It was from a computer admin account, actually the only user on the laptop besides the Windows default "guest" account. I had to run a microsoft tool to reset registry & file access permissions to get SP3 to install from the single, solitary admin account on the laptop.


I think computers in general change permissions mysteriously ... I've read posts about resetting Mac permissions or keychains, too.