iTunes 11 crashes when opening the store - no error message

I've now tried the following and have no further progress on the store BEX error:

- reset the store cache,

- changed the server certificate revocation setting for internet explorer,

- followed the HOSTS reset instructions,

- created a new user account,

- uninstalled and reinstalled EMET (and toggled DEP settings for itunes application)

Not sure what else to do . . . . any further suggestions to defeat this issue?

Okay, same thing happens here. I have removed and reinstalled all apple software, I have cleared all apple software links from the Registry, and have disabled my firewall. I have unchecked the check for server revokations in internet options, and flushed DNS.

If i go to the store via app updates, then I can get in, and I can get to some areas, ie: productivity apps, but the screen is blank. if I try other areas, itunes crashes. If I select a main category, say Music, or applications, it crashes. It seems I can get further if I do not sign into my account.

Autoruns shows only Bonjour and Bonjour64

Windows Error Report:

Fault bucket 3388102246, type 5

Event Name: BEX

Response: Not available

Cab Id: 0

Problem signature:

P1: iTunes.exe

P2: 11.0.0.163

P3: 50b71fed

P4: StackHash_0a9e

P5: 0.0.0.0

P6: 00000000

P7: 00000000

P8: c0000005

P9: 00000008

P10:

Attached files:

C:\Users\Kevin\AppData\Local\Temp\WER7A9C.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml

These files may be available here:

C:\Users\Kevin\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_iTunes .exe_48ba7f89d279f74f83524e7b70547712bc7c_0bf8956c

Analysis symbol:

Rechecking for solution: 0

Report Id: e4c03091-3d4d-11e2-a60e-00016c704f04

Report Status: 0

Diagnostic from iTunes:

Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)

Packard Bell ixtreme M5740

iTunes 11.0.0.163

QuickTime 7.7.3

FairPlay 2.2.32

Apple Application Support 2.3.2

iPod Updater Library 10.0d2

CD Driver 2.2.3.0

CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.1

Apple Mobile Device 6.0.1.3

Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.62.0.0

Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)

Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502

Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115

Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143

Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45

iTunes Serial Number 003AB7000A2A2058

Current user is not an administrator.

The current local date and time is 2012-12-03 14:34:52.

iTunes is not running in safe mode.

WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.

HDCP is supported.

Core Media is supported.

Video Display Information

NVIDIA, NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT

**** External Plug-ins Information ****

No external plug-ins installed.

iPodService 11.0.0.163 (x64) is currently running.

iTunesHelper 11.0.0.163 is currently running.

Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.

**** Network Connectivity Tests ****

Network Adapter Information

Adapter Name: {3E2823A1-B779-4306-99A2-608BF0D9F41A}

Description: Intel(R) 82578DC Gigabit Network Connection

IP Address: 10.0.0.2

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 10.0.0.1

DHCP Enabled: Yes

DHCP Server: 10.0.0.1

Lease Obtained: Mon Dec 03 13:18:07 2012

Lease Expires: Tue Dec 04 13:18:07 2012

DNS Servers: 10.0.0.1

Adapter Name: {4C642265-B6C2-4AB9-A769-D3E744D262EE}

Description: VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter

IP Address: 192.168.56.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 0.0.0.0

DHCP Enabled: No

DHCP Server:

Lease Obtained: Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 1970

Lease Expires: Thu Jan 01 01:00:00 1970

DNS Servers:

Active Connection: LAN Connection

Connected: Yes

Online: Yes

Using Modem: No

Using LAN: Yes

Using Proxy: No

Firewall Information

Connection attempt to Apple web site was successful.

Connection attempt to browsing iTunes Store was successful.

Connection attempt to purchasing from iTunes Store was successful.

Connection attempt to iPhone activation server was successful.

Connection attempt to firmware update server was successful.

Connection attempt to Gracenote server was successful.

Last successful iTunes Store access was 2012-12-03 14:34:21.

I believe this is linked to a similar issue on Safari when using custom fonts (web fonts). On certain systems/configurations, Safari will crash anytime a web font is loaded. Since the iTunes Store also appears to use webfonts (from what I can tell on another system) and, most likely, uses the same rendering engine that the now discontinued Safari for Windows uses, it stands to reason that this is related.

I hope the Apple engineers pick this one up as they are the ones who know exactly what itunes is trying to do when the problem occurs.

Yeah ... I think we'd need to try getting a ProcDump from you at the time when the application crashes. (I did that for Jason once, with a clicking-on-artwork crash in an older version that I was able to replicate.) Filthy-huge files they are.

Maybe we could pursue that in the Lounge? (It's possible that the Hosts don't realise you can replicate/generate this error, and don't realise we've got an available affected machine for the engineers to do the test on.)

Anyone having any luck on this? I am having the exact same issue after installing iTunes 11 - removing and reinstalling has no effect whatsoever. Odd thing is on other Win7 64bit machines, the upgrade works fine.

No luck . . . yet. I'm new to this forum, don't know if its just for peers beefing or a sandbox, so when Polydorus said:

"I hope the Apple engineers pick this one up as they are the ones who know exactly what itunes is trying to do when the problem occurs."

. . . . well, I never thought in hoping they actually would. I had an Apple engineer send out an email to me today to diagnose things. I may not be able to connect with this person for several days, but will definitely share outcomes.

Fingers crossed, hoping for best.

ok, I finally stopped being lazy and fixed this (in my case at least). First, I ran a watch tool (Microsoft sysinternals - procmon - amazing tool) and saw that the crash happened just after iTunes tried to access this file: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\t2embed.dll.

Now, the issue is that this file is involved in the famous Duqu flaw in Windows (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duqu) and MS issued a temporary fix to lock access to this file to prevent the exploit back in 2011. An update has since been released through Windows Update and once it is applied, this fix is safe to undo according to the Microsoft info at these links:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-087

Enable/disable here (linked from the above page):

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2639417

Scroll down and use the FixIt links to enable/disable.

I always run Windows update and keep my system current, so I ran disable and iTunes now works fine.

Hope this helps someone. WARNING WARNING WARNING: If you do not keep your system up to date by running Windows update for all patches, do that FIRST before applying this fix or your system WILL BE VULNERABLE TO EXPLOIT.

Good luck and please update this thread if it works!

"Disabling the fixit you linked to seems to have worked for me."

This has solved the problem for me too. Thanks.

Thank you !

it solved my problem :-)

@gn_id

This fix also worked for me. I disabled the hotfix, as my system is fully up to date, and iTunes no longer crashes when I open the store.

On a side note, apple is looking at this problem. I received a call from apple support in California to gather more information on this bug to pass onto the engineering team. I was rather shocked to get the phone call and had a extremely good experience with the support rep that I was dealing with. So, if you are having this problem, and nothing is working, be patient, they are definitely working on it.

As a suggestion, if you do try the fix as outlined by gn_id and it does not work, I would suggest re-enabling the patch, just in case 🙂

Thanks for your research gn_id. And Kudos to the Apple Support team for keeping on top of things. 😉

Worked for me also !

Works for me, too. Great work - thank you very much!🙂

@gn_id

Great troubleshooting work! This addressed the issue!

Thanks!