Comments on: How to Fix a Locked iTunes itl Library File?

By: Karthik707

Karthik707 — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:51:00 +0000

its just simple to clear this problem:
go to itune program file where it has been installed or to my music . there u can see itune . inside itune u will see itune library file-right click – properties -remove tic mark from both read and hidden option then ok.

By: pdoffmax

pdoffmax — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:05:00 +0000

Nup. Cant move my files ANYWHERE. Access denied. Cant move to desktop or to Previous libraries. I even downloaded the new itunes version to get around this.. LAME LAME LAME Itunes, shame on you for this, user friendly is just a term, not a reality… far out… who could ever be bothered with this time consuming life sapper that is itunes, you ve lost me well and truly… come on, try and win me back, i dare ya…. Am i supposed to get a degreee in itunes management to just listen to music… get stuffed….

By: chinmay bhalke

chinmay bhalke — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:19:00 +0000

i could do it just by moving the file “iTunes Library” to folder “previous itune library” and replacing the older file instead. Thanks for helping me locate the file.

By: Banga

Banga — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:20:00 +0000

I removed Safari and this seemed to correct the problem….

By: Banga

Banga — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:20:12 +0000

I removed Safari and this seemed to correct the problem….

By: Matthias

Matthias — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:04:33 +0000

This problem came up for me and I almost had a fit…tried a bunch of different things and nothing worked. I did the above fix and it also failed. However, the simplest of all solutions did end up working. I used Time Machine on my iMac to go back to soon before the error message started to appear, and a grabbed my iTunes Library file (the same file from above) and I restored it. I clicked "Replace" to change out the locked file with the one that worked and after that iTunes started right up with everything intact. By the way, just a little FYI, I think all this started for me because I was trying to rip a DVD onto my computer…I didn't know what I was doing with the file conversion and I screwed myself.

By: Matthias

Matthias — Mon, 31 May 2010 23:04:33 +0000

By: Emily

Emily — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:30:04 +0000

The only solution that actually worked!!!thank you!