The file "iTunes Library.itl" cannot be read because it was created with a newer version of iTunes

This doesn't do crap for me

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash. Perhaps you need to shift-start-iTunes to make sure it is trying to open the correct .itl file in the first place.

tt2

You don have to use long process just ... - \Users\username\Music\iTunes\ and then delete all folder,,,, u done then open I tune work done .. very easy.

You've replied to a 2.5 year old post already marked as solved. Your solution as written is to throw everything away, media included. 😮 Sure it will allow iTunes to start without that error message, but now there is no media. If you want a quick and crude solution to the problem as posted then deleting the file iTunes Library.itl would allow iTunes to start, and it would offer to import the user's media, but that method loses playlists, ratings, play counts, etc. and any devices that are synced will see it as a new library and want to erase and reload all content.

tt2

I tried to follow those steps but whether I was in My Documents under c: or user/My Documents, I am denied access to the My Music folder. What's up with that? I'm the only user (and always have been) on this laptop.

Turns out after posting this, I was shown another post that suggested using the "Music" folder instead of "My Music." That worked. When iTunes opened, I had to create a new library, but once that happened, the app launched.

OH MY GOD YOUR A LIFESAVOR TY SO MUCH!!! THIS 100% WORKED!

I tried this method but I do not have a Previous iTunes Libraries folder, so what do I do without that?

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash. Are you looking in the right place for the Previous iTunes Libraries folder, or is iTunes actually looking in the right place for the current .itl?

tt2

Thank you!

i dragged and dropped the "itunes library.itl" file into the desktop and opened itunes, and it worked for me. 🙂

Great ! it worked for me...thanks a lot Zlo

Thank you so much, I resolved the probelem!!!

Hello Sir, not sure if you're still available. I have this same error message, how ever, I have no more Itunes Library. Once I had the issue of the latest version of Itunes crashing, I deleted it and installed an earlier version. So I can't launch Itunes. I have the mp3's all saved on my PC so its not big deal to "re-add" them, or pull them from my Iphone. So, the fix of pulling the old Itunes library is out. Any ideas on how to get the program to launch? Thanks for your time.

Tom

See Empty/corrupt iTunes library after upgrade/crash. Are you looking in the right place for the Previous iTunes Libraries folder, or is iTunes actually looking in the right place for the current .itl? See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device if you need to pull back media, ratings, play counts or playlists from your device and sync it with a rebuild library.

tt2

YOU ARE SO F+CKIN GENIUS

i've lost most of my playlists and so have "swapped" my library with a copy from a couple of weeks ago which works for about twenty seconds then reverts back to the library which has lost many playlist items? why would this happen, is there something which only come into play after twenty/thirty seconds, a scan or something?