Simple Troubleshoots

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Fix "iTunes Library File is Locked" Error

How to fix this error "iTunes Library File is Locked" that is extremely simple and has an easy-to-follow solution. For those who are not familiar with this error, it is an error that prevents you from playing songs on iTunes.

Follow this step-to-step guide on how to fix this error:

If you have your iTunes open, then the first thing you should do is to close it. Make sure you quit your iTunes before proceeding.
Open the Home folder and then go to the Music folder. You'll see an 'iTune' folder there; Open it.
Search for the iTune Library File in iTune folder and move it to your desktop.
Open the 'iTune' folder now; an iTune Library file will automatically be created.
Close/Quit the application and replace the iTunes Library file on the desktop. Practice this replacement in the iTune folder as well.
When you do this, it means you are going to replace the automatically generated iTune Library File with the one you had on the desktop, earlier.

Re-open iTunes and check if everything is working properly.

This error can be resulted due to a number of reasons, but the important part is the solution as it tricks the application that a new iTune Library file has been created. However; this solution may fail in case of some serious errors. Reset everything and load your files once again, should be all you have to do.