iTunes links won't open in Chrome Browser

There are two methods to solve this problem:

Method (1):

1. Open Windows Explorer and go to

   C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\

2. Click View in the top menu > Options > View > Show hidden files, folders and drives > OK.
3. Right click the Local State file > Open with > Notepad.
4. Press Ctrl+F and search for

   itms

   or

   itmss

   . After that, it will either be set to

   true

   or

   false

   .Note: You might not find

   itms

   or

   itmss

   , it's not an issue, continue the steps...
5. Delete this section of the file (ie. delete "itmss":false) but do not close the Local State file yet.
6. Open Chrome and go to an iTunes page (example).
7. Type in the address bar

   javascript:its.detect.itunesDetected=function(){return true;}

   and press Enter
8. Click View in iTunes and you will see an External Protocol Request dialog appear.
9. Check the Remember checkbox and click Launch Application.

Viola, iTunes is in the game again! 🙂

May 2016 Method:

**There are two methods to solve this problem:**

------------------------------------------------

**Method (1):**

Install this extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/itunes-links-fixer/cbieldhkddeceogkmdm pfnfcfhamfggk?hl=en-US&gl=US

**Method (2):**

1. Open Windows Explorer and go to **`C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\`**

2. Click View in the top menu > Options > View > Show hidden files, folders and drives > OK.

3. Right click the Local State file > Open with > Notepad.

4. Press Ctrl+F and search for `itms` or `itmss`. After that, it will

either be set to `true` or `false`. *Note: You might not find `itms` or `itmss`, it's not an issue, continue the steps...*

5. Delete this section of the file (ie. delete "itmss":false) but do

not close the Local State file yet.

6. Open Chrome and go to an iTunes page ([example][1]).

7. Type in the address bar

`javascript:its.detect.itunesDetected=function(){return true;}` and press **Enter**

8. Click **View in iTunes** and you will see an External Protocol Request

dialog appear.

9. Check the **Remember** checkbox and click **Launch Application**.

Viola, iTunes is in the game again! 🙂

[1]: https://itunes.apple.com/en/app/chrome/id535886823?mt=8&uo=8&at=10l7an

I believe there used to be a Chrome extension that fixed this, but I cannot track it down.

tt2

I got it working. For me, anyway.

When viewing the page with the "View in iTunes" link, does it have this grey box at the top?

Click the button I've highlighted. It made a "Are you sure" dialog box pop up with an "always?" checkbox in it. Now the links are opening (for now!) in iTunes for Windows.