Who has a fix for "iTunes has stopped working"?

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Who has a fix for "iTunes has stopped working"?

I've searched all these forums and I have literally tried every solution offered. I've uninstalled iTunes (and all other Apple products, including Bonjour), cleaned my registry, history, cookies. I've reinstalled, disabled Genius, disabled Jukebox, shutdown, unplugged from 'net, reinstalled, plugged back in, etc, etc, etc.
Absolutely nothing has worked.
On several days of searching for fixes on Google, I find that this is a problem for a lot of people, but when they contact Apple they get **** for an answer.
I read in one forum, from about a year ago, someone had success by deleting iTunes and reinstalling an older version.

I'm beginning to hate Apple as much as I hate MS, and that really says a lot.

Thanks-
Dave.

Windows 7

Posted on Oct 29, 2012 8:49 AM

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goatboy66 Author

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Oct 29, 2012 9:49 AM in response to goatboy66

Ha! Apple Community s/w edited out the word sh*t.
Well, that what their cust svc is, quickly catching up w/ MS cust svc.

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Oct 29, 2012 10:46 PM in response to goatboy66

is this happening when you attempt to play a movie or tv show?

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goatboy66 Author

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Oct 30, 2012 8:53 AM in response to RayfromAuburn

Hi, Ray-
No, this happens right after I open the program, usually within several seconds, but sometimes it'll go as long as a minute or two before faulting out.
It doesn't appear to matter whether I have my iPod plugged in or not.

Dave.

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Oct 30, 2012 10:07 PM in response to goatboy66

drawing a blank right now, sorry. guess you've done all the "normal" stuff to check. maybe if necessary, do a uninstall in the proper sequence and then reinstall. ???

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goatboy66 Author

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Oct 31, 2012 9:00 AM in response to RayfromAuburn

I've uninstalled and reinstalled several times. However, the way you phrased that makes me curious. What's the proper uninstall sequence?

Dave.

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Oct 31, 2012 9:08 AM in response to goatboy66

Search for uninstalling iTunes. There is a specific order to do proper uninstall After that reinstall iTunes. Hope that helps

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goatboy66 Author

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Nov 9, 2012 8:03 AM in response to RayfromAuburn

Want to hear something weird?
After I saw your last post, I was going to follow your suggestion and uninstall in the proper procedure, but decided to hold off because iTunes hadn't crashed in several hours.
I hadn't done anything more after my last post, but it seemed to stabilize on its own. Perhaps there was an auto-update by Windows or Apple or some third-party.
Anyway, it's been a week now, and iTunes hasn't crashed, so I guess it's fixed.

Bizarre. That was ******* me off for an entire week, and I don't know what the fix was.

Thanks for the suggestions!

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