Has anyone had a problem with iTunes refusing to open? My BF had iTunes 5.x on a Compaq running WinXP, and (I don't know what precipitated this) one day he tried to open it and it said "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close." That kept happening. He tried downloading iTunes 6, and during installation something happened with Quicktime where it wouldn't install. So the second installation of iTunes 6 won't open either, and said it was due to "error code -3". I think he googled a bit and concluded that it was the computer's fault, and that he wouldn't have any luck with Apple's tech support. So I wanted to check in here first to see if anyone knows anything about this.
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bon bon - Nov 16, 2005 8:17:24 am PST #5589 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Gris - Nov 16, 2005 8:19:20 am PST #5590 of 10003
Hey. New board.
Yes. Apple more or less ripped off the whole Genius Bar concept from TekServe.
Huh. Cool. Good idea, TekServe.
Jon B. - Nov 16, 2005 9:10:27 am PST #5591 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Has anyone had a problem with iTunes refusing to open? My BF had iTunes 5.x on a Compaq running WinXP, and (I don't know what precipitated this) one day he tried to open it and it said "iTunes has encountered a problem and needs to close."
Does he use Eudora? There's a conflict between the two programs. I had a problem like that, but a quick Google turned up the hacky solution in a couple of minutes (which I can't remember right now but could google again if necessary).
Jon B. - Nov 16, 2005 9:12:27 am PST #5592 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Before you rush out to buy your next tinfoil hat: [link]
bon bon - Nov 16, 2005 9:39:54 am PST #5593 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Does he use Eudora? There's a conflict between the two programs. I had a problem like that, but a quick Google turned up the hacky solution in a couple of minutes
No Eudora, but that's interesting. Maybe he installed some other mail program.
Eddie - Nov 16, 2005 11:16:55 am PST #5594 of 10003
Your tag here.
Has anyone had a problem with iTunes refusing to open?
bon bon, I too googled and didn't find much help wrt error code -3. However, it sounds like something got fubar'd and doing a total uninstall / reinstall of Quicktime and iTunes may be helpful.
Quicktime I believe can simply be uninstalled from Add/Remove Programs. iTunes, however, sounds like it needs a bigger hammer to get it to totally remove itself. See [link] . HTH.
bon bon - Nov 16, 2005 11:20:35 am PST #5595 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Thanks for the google. I tried also and while there were people at iPod lounge who also got error code -3, no one seems to have the answer.
I have suggested to Bob that he uninstall it all but he's afraid he'll lose his library. I figure that's unlikely, but I'm no expert.
Eddie - Nov 16, 2005 11:25:39 am PST #5596 of 10003
Your tag here.
Here's something about the location of the iTunes library files.
Gudanov - Nov 17, 2005 6:58:11 am PST #5597 of 10003
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With my new spare computers I have been trying out Linux distributions and keep coming back to Ubuntu although I though Suse was pretty good too. Anyone have strong opinions on Linux distributions?
§ ita § - Nov 17, 2005 6:59:48 am PST #5598 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How's Ubuntu for installing new apps? I admit, I stuck around Red Hat for as long as I did because of the RPMs.