Windows 10: itunes will not install on win10

Just updated Win7 to Win10 and tried to install iTunes but, I get the message "This app cant run on your PC"

I download the iTunes for my PC (itunes6464.exe).

contacted Apple but they were worthless and told me to contact MS...

:)

 

can`t install <iTunes

Please provide your Windows 10 architecture.

The majority of Win10 devices are 64 bit(x-64)

If your Win10 device is 64 bit ensure you are using the 64 bit iTunes installer

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https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

If by chance your Win10 64 bit device has an older video card it may be necessary to use(or revert to) the 64 bit iTunes installer for older video cards which provides better Win10 compatibility for older video.

- Download iTunes 12.4.3 for Windows (64-bit - for older video cards)

 

Itunes Will Not Install on Windows 10

It still does not work

 

That should be a good thing!

Stupid question, but are you definitely running a 64 bit version of Windows 10? The download could also be corrupt.

 

Yep, I'm looking at the control panel-> system settings and it says

System type: 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor


I also downloaded the iTunes install program many times and it always fails.

 

What about right-clicking on the installer and choosing "Run As Admin"? You can also try clearing out your temp files.

 

Apple are the most unhelpful arrogant entity I've ever had the displeasure to deal with. They think they can do no wrong. 'It just works' is the biggest lie ever. Problem is I like their phones, they dump on MS offerings from a great height. But it doesn't make me like them anymore.

anyway onto the topic at hand. Do you have other Apple software already installed such as Bonjour, Safari, iCloud control panel? It prob won't help but often the advice when encountering an iTunes issue is to uninstall the other products and start again.

 

ran as admin and tried to install after deleting temp files - still not installing...

got more messages but it finally came back and said it cant install.

 

no other apple app installed on this win10 PC.

 

I have absolutely know Idea what is wrong with your install. I am using Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview Evaluation copy.Build 14295.rs_release.160318-1628, and the iTunes install was effortless. I will proceed to uninstall it just as soon as I post.

 

Double check you haven't got any of these in your programs list, I know you say no Apple software installed but there maybe some less than obvious ones. You just want to ensure your starting on a clean slate entirely Apple free before trying again

Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows 7 and later - Apple Support

try a direct download link

this app cant run on your pc | Apple Support Communities

And this is an interesting link, suggests the download is not fully completing in some cases. Maybe try downloading the setup file in a different browser to the one your using

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/w...ff73549?auth=1

 

I downloaded and installed iTunes as mentioned previously. It also installed FIVE extra programs. *Mad

 

Success! I followed this link Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows ... | Apple Support Communities

and downloaded the iTunes app again and this time, it installed.

I also verified that the download was the correct file size!

 

Good stuff - it's frustrating when something that should be simple turns it a mass long winded troubleshooting mission but that's Apple for you. Their support should of been aware of the issue and directed you to this but they are too busy counting ££££.

 

Never liked iTunes from day one although I've used it occasionally over the years and more recently maybe 2010-2011 it used to be terribly compromised bloatware and nag ware and maybe still is for all I know .

I just do lossless 16 & 24 bit music now anyway and I have replaced all my mp3/aac with lossless and or Tidal premium playlists anyway and I don't own a fruit phone or play music on a phone or PDP anyway and I can make whatever I need including CD's or USB for the vehicles from what I have or get in lossless .


IMO Tidal Hifi and Deezer 16/44 lossless FLAC are the only proper ways to stream music outside of a phone or PDP for outside or wherever.maybe even in a car where the ambient noise levels will usually diminish 16/44 and up anyway unless U got real beat in a very quiet ride ☻

We have some work up at iTunes (albums and tracks ) but they get the 24 bit lossless production mixes from the aggregators we use or the producers use and we don't deal with them directly at all and they re encode it to high bit rate .aac themselves
and likewise Spotify and Pandora etc use high bitrate mp3 ( I don't know what mixes they get from us by the time they get a production ) and a lot of mp3 comes fom CD mixes anyway and Tidal Hifi (premium) and Deezer (premium) *sometimes pass our 24 bit mixes along at 16/44 lossless and we send out CD specific media mixes (sometimes we squash those or a 24 bit mix to 16 bits if that's what the principles want to make them loud or for artistic reasons ) and otherwise for the CD replicators anyway squashed or not and 16 bit club mixes for the clubs .

I never know what they are really streaming at Tidal premium with our mixes until I sample it ,it could be the 16 bit post production CD mix or a 24 bit production mix truncated to 16 bits it's usually out of our hands and up to the principals once the product leaves here and we upload whatever we made to the producers or whomever they designate anyway or give the small frys CD's and or file transfers if that's what they want but in any event we re retain at least the safety masters and or CD mixes and a safety master copy and CD master of any outside production mixes we have work in in case somebody wants a re master down the line or we need it for some reason .


The majority of our catalog and custom digital music projects we make goes out in 24 bits uncompressed formats and sometimes gets squashed & noise shaped or just truncated elsewhere after the vocals get layered in or not it can vary within tracks on the same album also .

OTOH any of the the 24 bit truncated to 16/44 prod. mixes at Tidal premium sourced from 24 bit saftey masters from the labels like usual or otherwise invariably sound better than the squashed CD mixes they stream occasionally which I try to discourage our principals to use outside of CD's or mp3 if they need all that anyway .