apple/i tunes/i phone

[cablefreejunkie]

i have had this message in a different section but havent had much response so im putting it in here and hoping for the best

got i tunes to work eventually,,i have had version 10 for a while now but today i got the same problem again,,,open i tunes and i get an error message saying a file is missing,,,,how can a file be missing ? ive been using it for a while now with no issues
i have just uninstalled 6 apple applications from add/remove prog in control panel re booted re installed i tunes and exactly the same message
i just done the above 3 times and still getting the same message
i got xp pro sp3
im really pi++ed off with i tunes,,,it works correctly for a little time and then bingo more issues and its always the same issues,,,,,,file missing cant open
can anyone help me out please

[father ted]

clutching at straws here , but ahve you removed it from your registrey files ?

[thomashouben]

Greetings,

Can't tell what the problem is here right now but I do know that iTunes and other apple programs are running on all kind of different files and those are stacked in manny different folders on the computer. It seems that you have something missing and I think that is because you deleted something without knowing...

[cablefreejunkie]

no ihavent attemted that yet,,,i have always had this same issue with i tunes,,,even before i had the i phone,,,it would work correctly for a while and then out of the blue i get the file missing error message
uninstall re-install and problem fixed,,,since having the iphone i not only get that message but when i try and back up etc i get another message saying cant back up cablefreejunkies phone because the phone disconnected,even though its still showing up in devices,,i went through a host of different things with 3 customer services,,it took several calls and several different people,but eventually got it to back up without the error msg
this time i cant even get it to open
how do i delete reg files ?

[thomashouben]

no ihavent attemted that yet,,,i have always had this same issue with i tunes,,,even before i had the i phone,,,it would work correctly for a while and then out of the blue i get the file missing error message
uninstall re-install and problem fixed,,,since having the iphone i not only get that message but when i try and back up etc i get another message saying cant back up cablefreejunkies phone because the phone disconnected,even though its still showing up in devices,,i went through a host of different things with 3 customer services,,it took several calls and several different people,but eventually got it to back up without the error msg
this time i cant even get it to open
how do i delete reg files ?

I had something like this once on a laptop off a friend. Don't know why and don't ask but back then the virus protection program was the problem...

[cablefreejunkie]

already tried that avenue,,turned it off completely and then tried a reinstallation,but to no avail,,,i havent deleted anything that im aware of,,i mean it works for weeks and then stops opening,,,surely iff i deleted something it wouldnt open at all
im completely stuck at the moment as to what step to take next
the more i use i tunes the more frustrated i get with it,,,,my i pod classic and my i phone 4 are amazing pieces of technology,,,but i tunes is pants,,always an issue in my experience

[thomashouben]

already tried that avenue,,turned it off completely and then tried a reinstallation,but to no avail,,,i havent deleted anything that im aware of,,i mean it works for weeks and then stops opening,,,surely iff i deleted something it wouldnt open at all
im completely stuck at the moment as to what step to take next
the more i use i tunes the more frustrated i get with it,,,,my i pod classic and my i phone 4 are amazing pieces of technology,,,but i tunes is pants,,always an issue in my experience

That's correct.
I lost a backup off my iphone a few weeks ago.
Same thing here, nothing deleted and still the file is missing.
Even in my backup, that I run once a week, the file is missing...

[fijiman]

I had the same issue...also did the deleting and reinstalling of iTunes...nothing seemed to work...tried tracking down the "missing" file...still not sure why its working now.. but i do remember restarting computer when message poped up...all good now(touch wood)

[cablefreejunkie]

just downloaded version 9 from oldapps.com installed and its working fine,connected phone,, sync ok but wont back up says phone disconnected,,,,,im half way there

[johnboy1974]

already tried that avenue,,turned it off completely and then tried a reinstallation,but to no avail,,,i havent deleted anything that im aware of,,i mean it works for weeks and then stops opening,,,surely iff i deleted something it wouldnt open at all
im completely stuck at the moment as to what step to take next
the more i use i tunes the more frustrated i get with it,,,,my i pod classic and my i phone 4 are amazing pieces of technology,,,but i tunes is pants,,always an issue in my experience

completely agree with you mate itunes is a piece shit for a program and a complete embarrasment to apple.

[monica2803]

Good post. I appreciate it

[haggismuncher]

Had the same problem a while back,
had to re-boot everytime i installed/uninstalled Itunes in order for changes in the registry to take effect !

[GeeperZ]

i have had this message in a different section but havent had much response so im putting it in here and hoping for the best

got i tunes to work eventually,,i have had version 10 for a while now but today i got the same problem again,,,open i tunes and i get an error message saying a file is missing,,,,how can a file be missing ? ive been using it for a while now with no issues
i have just uninstalled 6 apple applications from add/remove prog in control panel re booted re installed i tunes and exactly the same message
i just done the above 3 times and still getting the same message
i got xp pro sp3
im really pi++ed off with i tunes,,,it works correctly for a little time and then bingo more issues and its always the same issues,,,,,,file missing cant open
can anyone help me out please

First things first, what is your PC health like? i.e. Do you keep on top of maintenance, disk defrag, remove temporary files, registry clean? If this was my problem I would uninstall iTunes, then run ccleaner (download from piriform, free), then run a disk defrag program (Auslogics one is good & will also optimise your HDD). Then reinstall iTunes & see if it works ok.