Itunes Error 7 (Windows error 14001)

Excellent detail, Chris. Taken together (especially given the reference to the Side by Side configuration), I think those two may indicate trouble with the .net framework on your PC.

In the course of your troubleshooting to date, have you checked on that as per the following document?

iTunes for Windows: "Error 7" message when opening iTunes

Should I do the clean install once more?

Yes, I'd be inclined to do so. If the .NET thing was afoot, it's plausible that iTunes (or Apple Application Support) still aren't looking at the right versions of dlls. If so, a reinstall would probably put that right. (Fingers crossed.)

Would love to hear a response to this as I'm experiencing the exact same thing.

I have the same issue now - this really stinks!!!

Me too. I am at my wits end with this itunes issue. 😢

Would love to hear a response to this as I'm experiencing the exact same thing.

I have been wrestling with this for two days now with no luck.

The whole thing started after I completed updates on my computer on the 16th.

One thing I am noticing is that my computer is continually trying to update the following and it never seems to take.

"Security update for Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Servie Pack 1 Redistributable Package KB2538242 2.6 MB"

I have noticed that in the update section it says it has installe correctly but it still list it as an important update.

I looked at my installed updates and this update shows as being installed like 12 time.

Not sure if this will help but it sure looks suspicious.

Just wish I knew what to do from here.

the deal is NO ONE seems to know what to do. I'm beginning to think something in itunes is corrupt or something with an update was. it shouldn't be hard to figure out. i hope they help us soon.

That's the scary part.

I know everything was working fine for me until I updated 98 meg worth of updates from Windows.

After that the itunes went down along with a couple of other items.

Still no luck in a fix for this.

ok. i finally fixed it. i have been searching and googling answers and i finally did a combination of things. first thing i did was go to revo uninstall. i downloaded the premium version. you get a 30 day free trial. i uninstalled everything with this program. when it asked me to search and scan the files, i did the advanced scan on everything. it really removed everything. then i went to windows update and i made sure i had the latest drivers or whatever. next on the revo uninstall, i did something that is call evidence remover. it totally deleted EVERYTHING i had ever sent to the recycle bin and thought i had deleted. it took a whole day to get rid of everything. i restarted my computer. then i went and downloaded itunes again, and that time everything worked. i just wanted to update my journey for everyon. good luck to you.

Glad you had success lynne!

I tried the exact same process that you posted unfortunately with no luck.

I still get the same error and cannot reinstall itunes.

Hopefully we will hear something in regards to a fix soon.