How Do I Roll Back To a Version Of iTunes That Works?

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How Do I Roll Back To a Version Of iTunes That Works?

I have Had Nothing but trouble, as a lot of people have, with all of the iTunes Vers. 12's. After installing 12.7, My library has completely vanished again for the second time (first time was 12.5), 'tuningtest' showed me how to restore the previous library I had, however, with these problems continuing to happen with every "upgrade" I would like to rollback to a previous vers. 11, or if anyone can recomend a good one to rollback to, that would be great! So if someone could post a link on how to roll back to a previous WORKING version of iTunes that would be greatly appreciated.

- Also If I do successfully rollback to a previous version, will I have to manually reinstall my entire music library on to that version of itunes again? or can I do that thing where you relabel a previous library version, while labeling the current library file corrupt?

I'm definitely a newbie at this, and would greatly appreciate the help.

Thanks

Dana

Posted on Oct 3, 2017 1:00 AM

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Answer 1

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cjahn50

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Oct 3, 2017 11:07 PM in response to danafrommankato

See this doc from turingtest2. It is outstanding. It covers all the installation steps and includes links to previous versions of iTunes - Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.

And yes, once you've rolled back, you'll use the library file in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder that corresponds to the version you rolled back to.

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Answer 2

Oct 3, 2017 3:27 PM in response to danafrommankato

I had the same thought, go back to an earlier version. However, so far I haven't been able to do that. First I copied my ITunes Media folder to another location so that I could just copy it back later and not have to download everything again. When you reinstall iTunes all you have to do is copy the files back to where you want them, then in the ITunes Menu-File-Add Folder to Library, you can get them back into iTunes. Then I deleted iTunes from my PC and attempted to reinstall an older version. The REAL problem I ran into trying this is my system would not let me reinstall an older version of iTunes. I suspect the install/upgrade of iTunes 12.7 put a version number in the windows registry (or somewhere else?) and stopped the reinstall of the older version. I even tried the windows regedit.exe program to delete all references to iTunes and Apple in the registry but some of the windows registry items I could not delete. It said I didn't have permission. Guess that is locked down unless you have a higher skill set than I do (I'm also pretty much a novice). I also would NOT RECOMMEND you try to change/edit your windows registry unless you really know what you are doing. You could crash your whole computer doing that.

If you figure out how to do it, please post as I would also like to know.

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Answer 3

Oct 3, 2017 11:07 PM in response to cjahn50

Thanks, that is fantastic information. Believe I'll try again.

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Oct 3, 2017 11:08 PM in response to monty_linquist

Thanks A Lot For the Help - greatly appreciated, and it's nice to know that I wasn't the only one that was having these problems.

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