ITUNES 10.5 refuses to install on Windows Home Server

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ITUNES 10.5 refuses to install on Windows Home Server

I have itunes running on my Windows Home Server (not the new VAIL version), I use this setup to "serve" my itunes library to my mobile devices, a setup that works quite well actually.

Unfortunately the just released 10.5 version of itunes refuses to install on the WHS, it tells me that errors have been found before itunes could be configured.

I have made sure no itunes was running, I tried several times, also with the ituneshelper application killed. I also tried installing in a completely different directory, behavious is the same.

Anyone ?

itunes-OTHER, Windows 2000, (WHS is windows 200 based)

Posted on Oct 12, 2011 12:25 AM

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Answer 1

Jan 19, 2012 12:39 AM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

Ahum... The procedure unfortunately does not seem to work for itunes 10.5.2 .. Does anybody have itunes 10.5.2 running on WHS old style ?

I would not matter about the version but the 10.5.2 is needed for itunes match and i really would like to have that running on my server system ...

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Answer 2

Oct 12, 2011 12:27 AM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

Correction: windows 2003 based.. All previous versions of itunes have worked flawlessly. (Although install thru download only had to be done)

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Answer 3

Oct 12, 2011 9:35 PM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

I have the same issue with the installation on 10.5 on WHS Version 1. Never had a problem previously

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Answer 4

Oct 12, 2011 10:20 PM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

Have either of you tried to use the technique of editing the .msi files w/ the techniques described here:

http://goolier.com/index.php/2010/09/itunes-10-on-windows-server-2003-or-home-se rver/

...or will that only work w/ a new install? I'm going to try it since I have the same problem.

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Answer 5

Oct 12, 2011 10:55 PM in response to ImminentTechnologies

I can confirm that the techniques from the link above work w/ a minor modification...

Steps to complete the iTunes 10.5 install:

1. Open Apple Software Update from your Start menu -> All programs

2. Click the check box next to iTunes 10.5 to select it only (deselect all other checkboxes at this time).

3. In the Tools menu of the Apple Software Update program select "Download Only"

4. After the download completes, re-open the Tools menu in the Apple Software Update program and select "Open Downloaded Updates Folder..."

5. The iTunes.msi file should be in that folder, move (not copy) it to a place you can access it from another windows computer (one of the shared folders on your WHS).

6. Follow the link in step two to download and install the MS software development kit so you can edit the .msi file.

7. Follow step 3 except instead of editing the "AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi" file you are going to edit the iTunes.msi file

8. Follow step 3c to delete the line that checks for operating system and version.

9. Move the iTunes.msi file back to its original location (not sure this step is necessary, but hey, why not?).

10. Double-click the edited iTunes.msi file to run it and install iTunes 10.5.

11. When prompted to re-start, do so. When WHS reboots and you log in, iTunes 10.5 is installed and ready for use!

Here's the link again, just in case:

http://goolier.com/index.php/2010/09/itunes-10-on-windows-server-2003-or-home-se rver/

Good luck!

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Answer 6

Oct 13, 2011 4:35 AM in response to ImminentTechnologies

Thanks a lot ! This solves the issue !

Note however that the launchcondition statement needs to be removed from both itunes.msi and applemobiledevicesupport.msi. For previous versions applemobiledevicesupport would just error out but installation of itunes would continue. It seems that as of 10.5 applemobiledevicesupport.msi has become a must-install.

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Answer 7

Oct 13, 2011 8:16 PM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

I didn't need to edit the applemobiledevicesupport.msi file to get iTunes to update from 10.2 to 10.5; I do remember having to do so when I did an initial install, not sure why you had to do both but I'm glad it worked for you!

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Oct 21, 2011 4:30 PM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

Excellent - this sorted it for me. Muchos Gracias.

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Answer 9

Apr 2, 2012 10:40 PM in response to marcfromsint-oedenrode

I can confirm that this procedure works for iTunes 10.6.1.7 as I just performed it successfully. I edited both the iTunes.msi & AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi as you suggested in your Oct. 13th post, so that the OS check is removed, launched the iTunes.msi file and it installed without problems!

To be clear, skip step 1 (and all its sub-steps) from the goolier page if you are performing the procedure on an iTunes update since the files will already be in their .msi forms, not in an .exe (like they would be in a new install).

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