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MbEller99 Author

Level 1

1 points

iTunes 11 crashes when I open the store.

I have tried repairing, uninstalling the entire apple suite ( described in a different article on apple support website), reinstalling, opening in safe mode, changing users, changing the firewall and antivirus settings, clearing the itunes cache, updating iTunes and Windows, and countless reboots. I'm on a brand new pc with Windows 7, so this is really frustrating. I can open my library, but when I click on the store, it loads about 3/4 of the way and stalls. I then get a message that says iTunes has stopped working, and I can either close it or "look online for a solution." But that never helps.

Windows 7

Posted on Aug 20, 2013 8:17 PM

62 replies

RobH127

Level 1

0 points

Sep 22, 2013 6:56 AM in response to jimmy-ray

Thank you, lionhartz, for your work on the solution and thank you, jimmy-ray, for including the instructions to help somebody who is not quite so computer savvy be able to do this.

This fix worked PERFECTLY!!!

Thank you again!!!

Sep 22, 2013 8:01 AM in response to RobH127

RobH127, You are VERY welcome!!! I couldn't be more pleased that my supplemental instructions re: lionhartz's awesome fix was helpful. Us "not as savvy" computer folk have to stick together!

Yaislas

Level 1

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Sep 22, 2013 7:20 PM in response to HID EN GREY

Hey man ! It works perfectly !!!! Thank you !!!!

Sep 25, 2013 7:55 AM in response to Range Ruler

Thanks Range Ruler!

Your alternate solution worked for me. Strangely [to me] iTunes, same version, does not crash on accessing the store on 2 other Windows 8 computers. Just the one. I presume that is because of a conflict with the display driver used on the PC that iTunes 11.1.0 crashes on.

Thanks again. You rule!!!

James

leveli

Level 1

13 points

Sep 30, 2013 6:05 AM in response to Range Ruler

Range Ruler wrote:

You can add the PATH enviromental variable in Control Panel> System> Advanced System Settings.

Alternatively, I was successful just copying the QTMovieWin.dll from c:\program files (x86)\common files\apple\apple application support\ INTO c:\program files (x86)/iTunes

This solved my problem! Thank you very much!

Sep 30, 2013 10:46 AM in response to RobH127

I joined the Apple Support Community soley to thank everyone here for doing all that fantastic work. 🙂

This was driving me nuts for days, and copying the .dll was such a simple, instant fix it you all made my day. Kudos!

MbEller99 Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 2, 2013 10:40 PM in response to leveli

I did this and the store now works! BUT now when I try to sign in it says that an unknown error has occured. (11556) Also the store is stuck on iTunes U. When I click on music at the top, it says it is not currently available in the current u.s. store

MbEller99 Author

Level 1

1 points

Oct 2, 2013 11:24 PM in response to MbEller99

Okay I just changed the parental preferences in iTunes because they had been set to block the store

saitou

Level 1

4 points

Oct 6, 2013 7:53 PM in response to lionhartz

This worked for me on the first go. Great find, lionhartz, and thanks for the effort!

Velentar

Level 1

0 points

Oct 7, 2013 5:39 PM in response to Range Ruler

Range Ruler wrote:

Alternatively, I was successful just copying the QTMovieWin.dll from c:\program files (x86)\common files\apple\apple application support\ INTO c:\program files (x86)/iTunes

This worked for me! I haven't been able to use iTunes on my new laptop for 2 months but I can now!

mkq786

Level 1

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Oct 10, 2013 7:36 PM in response to MbEller99

Thanks u all.

After going back and forth, i was not sure how to do this tweak.

I tried to uninstall quicktime which was creating issue and restarted my computer. Now it works for me.

Once again thanks to all.

Best regards.

Oct 23, 2013 10:28 PM in response to MbEller99

I am having the same issue and have done everything in this post but I am still not able to access the iTunes store. Until yesterday I was still signed into the store but since then I have been signed out of it. I was hoping that the iTunes update might help my problem but I still cannot access the store. I have a Sony Vaio

Oct 26, 2013 6:19 PM in response to Ignus Fast

Adding C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support to the system PATH environment variable worked for me too!

silvanm

Level 1

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Oct 29, 2013 11:42 AM in response to Range Ruler

That worked! Thanks a lot! (Windows 8.1 Pro, Lenovo T530)

Ajedi32

Level 1

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Nov 5, 2013 5:40 PM in response to lionhartz

I didn't expect that to work, but it did! Thanks a lot. 🙂 I can't believe it was that easy...

iTunes 11 crashes when I open the store.