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iTunes Update Error 7 - Problem with SQLite3.dll

I updated iTunes last night through the regular Apple Software Update and it appeared to update iTunes, Quicktime and Safari normally. I am running Windows 7 Home Premium - 32 bit. After the update it said I needed to restart Windows, so I did. Since then I get the following errors:


As Windows is booting up, the following errors appear:


AppleSyncNotifier.exe Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point sqlite3_wal_checkpoint could not be located in the dynamic link library SCLite3.dll


iTunesHelper.exe Entry Point Not Found

The procedure entry point sqlite3_wal_checkpoint could not be located in the dynamic link library SCLite3.dll


If I try to start iTunes, I get the same error followed by:

iTunes was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes

Error 7 (Windows error 127)


I have reinstalled iTunes but the errors continue. I tried replacing sqlite3.dll but that did not help.


Any help or suggestions? I'm pretty tech savy but I'm at a loss.

Dell XPS 420, Windows 7

Posted on Jul 22, 2011 3:06 PM

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Jul 23, 2011 1:01 AM in response to Code3inLA

I'm getting almost exact same messages - have not been able to open iTunes since attempting install of new iTunes update this morning. I'm running Windows Vista 32 Bit on HP laptop, and my error messages center on a missing ALS.dll file and "iTunes was not installed correctly. Please reinstall iTunes. Error 7 (Windows error 126)". Have tried repairing and tried manual uninstall and reinstall with no success.

Jul 23, 2011 8:06 AM in response to Code3inLA

I received a note to do the regular Apple Software Update for iTunes, Quicktime and Safari, then I faced a big problem from that exact same messages, I could not sleep, and I could not go to work and I cannot make any phone calls.

I did not imagine that one day I'll see this intransigence and irony Carried out by Apple with humans, this makes us lose confidence in their products. Because they are interested in selling their products only and do not provide any service to their clients. And to help us solve problems that result from the method of maximum protection of their software. But I think that there is no any point in calling them and asked for their help and support. Where they do not show any initiative to help resolve the problemsThis indicates that they intend to do that, Believe it or not this problem has caused great damage and loss to me, Since I had 4 iPhones, And all my friends advised me to get rid of them and sell and never buy this products again, even if selling them at a loss because the Apple company abandon its responsibility to serve and assist their customers by support

Jul 23, 2011 10:53 AM in response to Code3inLA

FINALLY GOT AN ANSWER!


After spending 30 minutes on the phone with Apple Support, we got it fixed. Here is how to fix this issue:


  1. Temporarily shut down anti-virus and firewall software
  2. Open Control Panel, Programs and Features (or Add and Remove Programs), and go to the uninstall section
  3. Remove all Apple products in this order - iTunes, Quicktime, Apple Software Update, Apple Mobile Device Support, Bonjour, Apple Application Support. You do not need to remove Safari
  4. Restart computer
  5. Go to Apple.com and download newest version of iTunes
  6. Re-install


That did it for me! No more error messages and everythine appears to be working again. Hope this helps everyone!

Jul 23, 2011 11:32 AM in response to Code3inLA

You don't have to download anything, the problem is caused by the Version 10 iTunes installer, which places the file in the wrong location...

Just copy the file SQLite3.dll from the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support folder to the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support folder.

Problem solved.

Downloading another version of sqlite3.dll may not solve the problem at all. You may find as many as 12 different versions of this file on your PC depending on what software you have installed. Only one version of the file will work, and that is the correct one for the Apple software.

Sep 3, 2011 6:20 PM in response to PoseyWozy

Hi again:

so its fixed?

if not did you go to the commons folder in the programs files x86)

click on commons files

click on apple

click on Apple Application Support

find the sqlite3.dll file

right click on that on pick copy

go back and open the mobile Application folder

right click and paste

the sqlite3.dll file should now be in that mobile Application folder.

close

that should do it

not trying to be insultive if this is what you did and it did not work

it worked for me.

hope I helped

Brad

Oct 13, 2011 10:22 AM in response to Code3inLA

OK I just attempted to update iTunes to the newest version (10.5) and now I have the exact same problem again! But this time neither abbasfromdubai's fix (copying SQlite3.dll into both folders) nor my previous fix (removing and re-installing all Apple's programs) has worked!


Anyone else experiencing this problem again? And have any of the fixes worked this time? I'm at a loss and need iTunes 10.5 in order to update my iPhone to iOS5. Frustrating!!

iTunes Update Error 7 - Problem with SQLite3.dll

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