iTunes taskbar player controls missing

Hi, something strange is happening with my iTunes taskbar icon.

Sometimes when i mouse over it will show me player control icons (prev, play, next) but a lot of the time it won't. It seems to be completely at random, irrespective of what's or what song is selected in iTunes.

Does anyone have any idea why this might be?

Cheers :)

There's an ituneshelper.exe file in my itunes folder and a whole bunch of .dll files but i didn't download it seperately.

I assume as it's an apple program it's just a normal part of itunes?

I've run the scan and it found one infection for something seemingly unrelated. here's the log:

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware 1.50.1.1100
Malwarebytes

Database version: 6317

Windows 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Internet Explorer 8.0.7601.17514

9/04/2011 7:05:39 PM
mbam-log-2011-04-09 (19-05-09).txt

Scan type: Full scan (C:\|D:\|)
Objects scanned: 491900
Time elapsed: 4 hour(s), 29 minute(s), 7 second(s)

Memory Processes Infected: 0
Memory Modules Infected: 0
Registry Keys Infected: 0
Registry Values Infected: 0
Registry Data Items Infected: 0
Folders Infected: 0
Files Infected: 1

Memory Processes Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Memory Modules Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Keys Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Values Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Registry Data Items Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Folders Infected:
(No malicious items detected)

Files Infected:

Thanks for your help

Hi and welcome to the forum,
Uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes may solve the problem.
1. Uninstall iTunes
2. Reboot the system
3. Install the latest version

Regards,
Dean

Just backing up my computer at the moment so i can't but i'll give it a go when that's done and let you know.

It's done it with older versions of itunes as well too though so i'm not sure if it will work. Always worth a try though

Cheers