iTunes Update: Installer has Insufficient Privileges

Also trying to download AdobeFlash Player 11 - tried in Firefox and IE and got these errors:

1. Please close the following programs: Mozilla Firefox

2. Please close the following programs: Internet Explorer

Any insight? Perhaps something is stopping me from uploading/installing any program???

Yet my computer says I have the latest Adobe Flash Player....????

sorry, cant help ya with that. contact adobe.

Just went through many hours of this "Insufficient Priviledges" issue trying to install ITunes. Found it was 3rd party SW that was causing the problem. Followed the instructions at " Support.apple.com/kb/HT2292 ". Worked!!!!

I am running Windows 7.

Thanks! but when to reinstall itunes updates? After step 14 according to "Support.apple.com/kb/HT2292"? Would you pls provide some details? Thanks again!

This also worked for me.Thanks much! I am diasppointed that this became so complicated. I just updated VLC, and that went so easily. I almost gave up on QuickTime as I can just use VLC, but at least it worked with your help.

I have been doing everything possible to make itunes reinstall but it just comes up with one problem after another. This is the latest issue!

Module C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunesMiniPlayer.dll failed to register. HRESULT -2147023782. Contact your support personnel.

Please tell me there is an answer!! This is driving me crazy!!

Once everything hopefully installs will all of my music/videos/apps & everything else still be there the way it was before this hassle started?

SOLUTION

I think I found another way to get it to work... This is what I did:

Right click, properties, and click on unblock, just like you said.

And then go to Compatibility tab, on bottom where it says security level, check box for "Run this program as administrator". Apply, OK.

And then, rightclick the iTunes Icon again, and I clicked Run as Admin just to be sure it knows how badly I wanted it to run in Admin mode, and it worked... I did not mess with UserAccessControl at all

MY SOLUTION:

SO…I tried all of the above to no avail, except that now I couldn’t update or restore iTunes. Kept getting messages saying that I had “insufficient privileges” even though I had changed every suggested attribute and ownership with endless registry clean-ups and reboots.

My solution (tried out of desperation) was to

(1) do a system restore to a couple of days ago (before most of my serious fidgeting)

(2) create a new directory on my c:\ drive (which I called ScratchPad)

(3) copy the following two directories (you may only have one) to the new directory c:\ProgramData\{93E26451-CD9A-43A5-A2FA-C42392EA4001} and c:\ProgramData\ 34BE82C4-E596-4e99-A191-52C6199EBF69, and then

(4) deleted both c:\ProgramData\{93E26451-CD9A-43A5-A2FA-C42392EA4001} and c:\ProgramData\ 34BE82C4-E596-4e99-A191-52C6199EBF69 (figured I could always copy them back from c:\ScratchPad if I needed to)

(5) rebooted the computer and then ran iTunes64Setup.exe as administrator

iTunes now works, as do both of my CD drives

(Windows 7 Ultimate, iTunes 11.1.0.126)

Dude, thank you.

Hi,

I am having this problem too. I can follow your rules up until typing in UAC but when I type that in nothing comes up. I can't find the place with the slider in any if the control panel places. This is driving me nuts!

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

Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.

tt2

I carefully followed all of the steps and it didn't work, I tried more than once but still doesn't work. 😟

Have you tried the steps in my post above?

tt2

I spent awhile trying to fix this issue and this resolved it!! tysm 🙂