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iTunes stopped opening after first use of Windows Media Center
The machine I am using is running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
Recently I was attempting to share video with my television through WiFi, and had opened Windows Media Center for the first time accidentally thinking it was Windows Media Player. I went through the setup and then closed the program.
Ever since then, I am unable to open iTunes with this current user account. When I try to run iTunes, I get the error:
"The folder 'iTunes' is on a locked disk, or you don't have write permissions for this folder."
I know that error is all over many forums, and I've gone through most of them, and tried everything that was suggested.
I am the only user on this machine and I am the Administrator. (I did create a new Standard User Account as a test, and iTunes opens with no issues there.)
I can right click and open iTunes using "Run as Administrator."
I have gone through the iTunes folders, my media folders, and everything else I could think of and I am the owner of every one, and all their permissions are set to "Full Control" for every user. I have done the same to my entire User folder. I've deleted my iTunes Library files and attempted to start it without them. I have uninstalled iTunes and re-installed. I turned off the "Control the Media Experience" selection in Windows Media Center. I disabled Windows Media Center. Nothing makes any difference.
Someone has to have had this same issue and found a cure. I'm not the only one who noticed Windows Media Center did some weird stuff to my medial libraries when it ran the first time. It screwed everything up.