What the h*ll Apple. You know there is a problem with iTunes. The community has identified it and you won't fix it. WHY NOT!
iTunes hangs Windows for 5-10 minutes when the application is started or stopped. This has been happening for years, and the problem is its interaction with other applications, AMD applications for one. How about devoting 30 minutes to fixing this egregious issue! It's been literally years!
For general advice see Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.
The steps in the second box are a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it which is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. When reinstalling right click on the downloaded setup file and use run as administrator. It may also help to temporarily disable any non-Microsoft anti-virus.
Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down the page in case one of them applies.
The further information area has direct links to the current and recent builds in case you have problems downloading, or want to revert to an older version if the current one won't work properly for you at the moment. Links to the most recent builds are now at the bottom of the page.
Your library and device backups should be unaffected by these steps but there are links to backup and recovery advice should it be needed.
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iTunes hangs Windows for minutes on iTunes start / stop
