WHEN I TRY TO OPEN ITUNES A MESSAGE POPS UP SAYING THE FILE ITUNES CAN NOT BE READ BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED BY A NEWER VERSION OF ITUNES

HI I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH OPENING ITUNES ON MY WINDOWS 10 LAPTOP. THIS LAPTOP WAS A WINDOWS 8 ABOUT 3 OR 4 YRS AGO, 6 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED IT I DOWNLOADED WINDOWS 10 WITH NO PROBLEM. TWO DAYS AGO I HAD A PROBLEM BAD STUFF TRYING TO GET INTO MY PC SO I RESTORED MY PC TO AN EARLIER POINT LIKE 1 MONTH AGO AFTER THAT I COULD NOT GET ITUNES TO OPEN I GET A MESSAGE SAYING THE FILE ITUNES LIBRARY CAN NOT BE READ BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED BY A NEWER VERSION OF ITUNES. I WILL BE GRATEFUL IF SOMEONE CAN HELP ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANKS

iPhone 6 Plus

Posted on Sep 18, 2017 8:16 PM

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Posted on Dec 15, 2017 3:32 PM

zfrommissouri wrote:


How do I get iTunes to open there is no solution here

Actually, the solution is completely described above.


"Re-download and install the current version of iTunes from:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download "


The only way this would fail is if your operating system is too old to support the current version of iTunes (12.7.2 right now).

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Dec 15, 2017 3:32 PM in response to zfrommissouri

zfrommissouri wrote:


How do I get iTunes to open there is no solution here

Actually, the solution is completely described above.


"Re-download and install the current version of iTunes from:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download "


The only way this would fail is if your operating system is too old to support the current version of iTunes (12.7.2 right now).

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WHEN I TRY TO OPEN ITUNES A MESSAGE POPS UP SAYING THE FILE ITUNES CAN NOT BE READ BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED BY A NEWER VERSION OF ITUNES

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