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iTUNES WON'T PLAY ANYTHING

I've had iTunes for a while, and never had any problem with it. It imports CDs, and downloads to my iPod fine.

Recently, it stopped playing anything -- I hit the "play" button and nothing happens, for any song. I've removed it, reinstalled it, checked for latest directX version, and run the Apple troubleshooting checklist twice. No results. I "deathorized" the computer, and reinstalled -- same thing. My computer itself is in perfect working order and I consider myself an advanced user.

I've seen where others whose iTunes won't play just certain songs -- mine won't play any. Thanks in advance for the help.

Gateway 2.4 MHz, Windows XP

Posted on Dec 30, 2005 3:38 PM

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Posted on Dec 30, 2005 5:30 PM

Can you play a song in QuickTime? Because iTunes uses that.

QuickTime > File > Open File

Change the drop-down box from Files of type: Movies
to Files of type: Audio Files

Then browse out to a song file and see if it plays.

If it doesn't play in QT, try a QT standalone install.
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html
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Jan 12, 2006 9:45 PM in response to billy2112

OK, if you've uninstalled itunes and quicktime, and now they won't reinstall, here's what worked for me:

Download Windows Install Clean Up from Microsoft.

Run the program. There will be an item called "7.0.2" or something near the top of the list. Remove it, reboot. Then reinstall QT and/or itunes.

Itunes still won't play (!?!?!?!?), but at least the dock works with the iPod.

iTUNES WON'T PLAY ANYTHING

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