Itunes not loading

[lisah290284]

I am running OS 10.4 and for some reason my itunes won't launch.. it was working fine a few weeks ago but now when i click on the application it bounces a few times and then does not open.. any ideas on what the problem would be and how I could fix it??

Thanks in advance

 

[merl1n]

I am running OS 10.4 and for some reason my itunes won't launch.. it was working fine a few weeks ago but now when i click on the application it bounces a few times and then does not open.. any ideas on what the problem would be and how I could fix it??

Thanks in advance

Hold down the option key when you launch iTunes. It should ask you to locate a library. Navigate to your library file (iTunes Library) and select it. See if that fixes your problem.

 

[upsguy27]

Hold down the option key when you launch iTunes. It should ask you to locate a library. Navigate to your library file (iTunes Library) and select it. See if that fixes your problem.

If that doesn't work then I would suggest deleting iTunes and reinstalling it.

 

[lisah290284]

The option key suggestion isn't working. Think I may install itunes again. Any easy way to delete itunes completely off my system before I reinstall?

 

[merl1n]

Have you tried just double clicking on the iTunes Library file? It may be that your preferences file got hosed. You could also delete the ~user/Library/Preferences/...

com.apple.iTunes.plist
com.apple.iTunes.eq.plist
com.apple.iTunesHelper.plist

... then launch iTunes again (these files will be recreated).

 

[steve_hill4]

1. Repair permissions in disk utility
2. Find iTunes pref file and delete (as merl1n said)
3. Find iTunes receipt file and delete before reinstalling.

Try in that order and try launching after each step until it works. In my experience deleting and reinstalling iTunes doesn't work, it seems to be a swine until you delete the receipt file first.