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itunes 12 track names not found and user not registered for online use

I recently downloaded itunes 12, and now when I try to import a CD the track names or CD information is not found.... So when I click on options to Get Track Names....it tells me user is not registered for online use... I am running windows 7.

I have tried un-installing and re-installing - didn't work.

I have tried removing a file and then have it repaired... didn't work.

Any other ideas on how to solve this problem?

Windows 7

Posted on Oct 27, 2014 12:22 PM

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Dec 27, 2014 5:24 AM in response to turingtest2

Thank you so much turing!


I spent the best part of 1 hour looking how to sort this yesterday and then a minimum of speaking to Apple support- although they were nice and tried to be helpful my knowledge was much higher than theirs and it was a waste of time!)


Anyway, thank you. After searching I found this forum and after following your steps I am now able to have information on my CDs again! 😝


I cannot thank you enough for this, you have saved me a lot of time and further frustration.


AJ

May 29, 2015 3:31 PM in response to turingtest2

I know, it's been a while but I've only encountered this issue last week.


I've deleted all mentioned folders (though CD Info.cidb wasn't anywhere), been looking in other users, in local, in brief everywhere I could think of, and have now re-installed ITunes 3 times following your Troubleshooting advice - result NIL.


Is there ANYTHING at all that you could think of that I could try? I'm getting desperate.

Jun 6, 2015 1:40 PM in response to barryfromroseville

It would be odd if C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\ were completely empty since the installation of various applications would install configuration files here.


Press the WinLogoKey+R

Type in %appdata% and press return

Double click on Apple Computer

Double click on iTunes

Delete the file CD Info.cidb

If that doesn't resolve things try deleting com.apple.iTunes.Gracenote.plist in the same folder, and if that doesn't work try deleting iTunesPrefs.xml or look for parallel files in Local or LocalLow. The first two lines above will get you to the location C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming. You can browse up a level to get access to Local or LocalLow. To wipe out all of iTunes preference files delete the iTunes folders in each path. I would avoid deleting all of the Apple Computer folders, or at least preserve the folder C:\Users\<User>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync as this contains any iOS device backups.




Finally if none of the above steps have helped then reinstall iTunes. 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

Jun 7, 2015 6:29 AM in response to turingtest2

turingtest2:

Thank you for your help!

Deleting iTunesPrefs.xml from the C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer did the trick. I'm importing a CD with track names as I type this!

If it matters, CD Info.cidb was not present, nor was com.apple.iTunes.Gracenote.plist. Both files appeared after iTunes was restarted.


Also, the tip to use the Run command to find the AppData folder was key. For whatever reason it was not accessible via navigation even though hidden files preferences were set to show.


Thanks again,

bfr

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