iTunes and Bonjour

I just noticed that I am no longer able to access sharing features in iTunes (12.11.0.26, current at the time of writing), running on Windows 10 (current at the time of writing).


The sharing tab in iTunes says "the Bonjour service has been disabled. Bonjour is required to share music with others. Please re-enable the service to use this feature."


I found, downloaded, and ran the Bonjour64 installer. Continued to get the same message in the iTunes sharing tab. I uninstalled Bonjour, rebooted, installed it fresh, rebooted and am getting the same message. Any ideas?

Posted on Feb 16, 2021 1:05 PM

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Feb 17, 2021 9:43 AM in response to WillOregon40

For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.



The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. When reinstalling right click on the downloaded setup file and use run as administrator. It may also help to temporarily disable any non-Microsoft anti-virus.


Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down the page in case one of them applies.


The further information area has direct links to the current and recent builds in case you have problems downloading, or want to revert to an older version if the current one won't work properly for you at the moment. Links to the most recent builds are now at the bottom of the page.



Your library and device backups should be unaffected by these steps but there are links to backup and recovery advice should it be needed.



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