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If I delete my iTunes folder will I lose all my songs?

Hey guys,

If I delete my iTunes folder will I lose all my songs and be forced to re-download each of them because.I have had this extremely frustrating problem that just recently started occurring with iTunes. I have read many discussion forums but can’t seem to find a working solution. Every time I try to open iTunes I get an error message that says “iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close.” The same thing happens when I try to open Quicktime.

I have completely uninstalled Quicktime and iTunes along with their components (Bonjour, Apple Mobile Device Support, Apple Software Update, etc.) and then reinstalled each of them and that does nothing. I do NOT use iTunes for my iPod, I simply use iTunes to listen to my music(if that makes a difference).

I have also tried the method of installing Quicktime by itself and not with iTunes with the same outcome. The only method I have not tried is completely removing all files and folders that have to do with iTunes because I am worried if I delete those files with all the music I have bought it will have to be downloaded again or lost.

There was A LOT of information in the “Error Report Contents” but it would have taken me all night to type it all accurately. If that is what is needed then I am willing to provide any other information about this problem in hope of getting some useful suggestions or solutions. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks!

Windows XP

Posted on Jan 3, 2010 2:34 PM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2010 2:56 PM

I think the main problem can be solved if I delete my iTunes folder but I just need to make sure I will still have all my songs after doing so.
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Jan 4, 2010 9:43 AM in response to AustinASB

If you delete the itunes folder on your PC, you will also delete all the music and itunes content that is stored in its subfolders.
Assuming you are using the defaults for itunes, this is where everything is stored.




Don't delete the itunes folder unless you have a backup of all your content!




Your content is either stored in a subfolder named "itunes\itunes music" or "itunes\itunes media".
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3847

Jan 4, 2010 10:40 AM in response to AustinASB

Austin, Can you tell me how you resolved your issue? I am receiving the same error message from Microsoft when I try to open iTunes and/or Quicktime. I can no longer access iTunes. Not sure what happened to cause my issue, could be a newby ipod user in the house or my computer guy did some updates and cleaning files on my computer. Hope you can give me some insight. Thank you!

If I delete my iTunes folder will I lose all my songs?

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