Making iTunes x64 and the iPhone work in XP x64

A reader named Mark left an excellent link in the comments page of my 64-bit iTunes blog entry that shows how to install iTunes and iPhone support on Windows XP 64-bit. I really wish Windows XP 64-bit had better support when it was launched because I suspect we'd have more Vista and Windows 2008 64-bit drivers by now. Read about how to get things going in XP x64 here.

It might be surprising with the amount of music entries I post in here from time to time, but I do not own an iPod, or Zune or any other type of music player. The closest thing I have is my Motorola Q with 3rd party audio software.

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thank u

#1 jh on 2008-02-08 12:27 (Reply)

UPDATE!!!!

i got itunes working today with my iphone on xp64
with the http://yukichigai.googlepages.com/iphonex64
info,
but i had to change the AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi with orca too (600 to 501)
and the last part when you look in device manager under imageing and update the driver, the "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" was not in the list i have to pick have disk and point it to the .inf file added by the installer, its called "OEM10.inf and its located in the C:\windows\inf folder if you cant see it inables hidden folders or just copy this in the box C:\WINDOWS\inf\OEM10.inf

#1.1 Clayton Ross on 2009-05-20 00:12 (Reply)

mmm id ont have any expectation that u could help me out.......................................................................................................................................what happn to APPLE

#2 Anwar (Homepage) on 2008-03-08 12:00 (Reply)

I have tried 10 times exactly as it is described on that page but I can not get my iPOD To work, the itunes installs but it keeps saying quick time did not initialize

error 2096... can anyone help me out please??
Max

#3 Chris Delany on 2008-05-09 08:40 (Reply)

Tnx, It worked, only i was primarily doing it to syn my outlook agenda between my desktop and laptop (using iphone) and that still doesnt work.

Is there a possible solution?

tnx

#4 Robert on 2008-08-29 12:42 (Reply)

I used the same (albeit slightly modified) instructions and got iTunes 8 to install. I grabbed iTunes 8 via this link http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iTunes8/061-4747.20080909.Crkr2/iTunes864Setup.exe and altered the Launch condition value to 501 with Orca and it's running fine.

#5 Klaatu on 2008-09-11 08:17 (Reply)

How do you open the itunes setup 64 exe file in orca, it only asks for msi and such, gives me an error on exe. Thanks

#5.1 Art on 2008-09-12 08:57 (Reply)

You have to unpack the exe installer with 7zip (which I snobbily suggest you have installed anyway, as it's a free and more streamlined freeware alternative to Winzip and it's ilk) and then use Orca to alter the iTunes64.msi.
Get the 8.01 installer here, BTW: http://appldnld.apple.com.edgesuite.net/content.info.apple.com/iTunes8/061-5556.20081002.Aw234/iTunes80164Setup.exe

#5.1.1 Klaatu on 2008-10-21 04:34 (Reply)

No dice either way. Apple is getting to be very similar to Microsoft in that they put out a device or program that is seriously lacking.

#5.2 Adriel on 2008-10-05 17:08 (Reply)

You know you can just delete the launch condition table completely.

The MSI will still work.
The launch condition msi table specifies what OS the msi will and will not run on, deleting it will allow it to run on all OS. Whether the application works though, is another matter.

#5.3 Jonny (Homepage) on 2008-10-10 09:01 (Reply)

I have gone throug the steps. When I run the modified Itunes installer iTunes.msi I get an error message (2229) and have to quit the installer.

Please help

#6 Thor on 2008-10-15 08:21 (Reply)

I´m listening ...
Got the same problem here....

Error message (2229)

#7 jmgranner (Homepage) on 2008-12-06 15:53 (Reply)

2229 has been worked around at PlanetAMD64 by user “arth” over at the forum:

“I got an error when trying to install, error code 2229. To solve the problem I dropped the LauchnConditions table and in InstallExecuteSequence and InstallUISequence tables deleted the LaunchConditions action. After that save the MSI file and close ORCA”

#8 Jan Mikael Granner (Homepage) on 2008-12-06 15:55 (Reply)

Thank you so much for this guide. I now have iTunes and my iPhone working on my Gateway XP 64-bit laptop!

#9 Drew on 2009-01-18 14:24 (Reply)

WARNING! If iTunes offers to update your iPhone software don't do it on a XP 64 platform! I used the guide linked here to get my phone to sync with my XP 64 bit machine and basically it wipes the software off your phone and then tries to update it at which point the computer will no longer recognize the phone. It no longer shows up as a digital imaging device or anything. Very frustrating. I'm going to try updating it on an older machine or maybe try to find someone with a mac so I can at least get the stupid thing to make calls again. Literally, my phone is a brick right now because Apple refuses to write software for 64 bit windows.

#10 David on 2009-01-31 16:33 (Reply)

Well impressed with the article - needed a few tweaks to deal with the latest revison of iTunes - the 64bit version of QuickTime refused point blank to install initially - even after using the same tweaks recommended for iTunes.
To work around this I installed the 32bit verion of QT, followed this with iTunes64 and overinstalled the 64 bit version of QT - works like a charm!
BTW I have the touch variant but it still managed to import all my purchases and all seems hunky dory

#11 JT on 2009-05-21 12:14 (Reply)

All right guys... I tried my best to get all this to work, and got as far as editing/removing the Launch Conditions on every .msi file, running and installing:
AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi
GearSoft_Driver_Installer_x86_x64.exe
xiph-qt-win32-0.1.5.exe
BUT... every time I edited, or even downloaded a working edited version of: iTunes64.msi, it would start, I uncheck the desktop icon option, and hit Next, ALWAYS to find an error saying the system was not modified, and an error occurred. So, frustrated as all heck.. I just went and downloaded the 32-bit itunes, installed it (despite the version mismatch warning it gave), in junction with the GERA Soft drivers etc etc... and it FINALLY installed iTunes 8.2 on my XP x64 bit PC!

#12 Anony on 2009-06-19 13:32 (Reply)

Cheers! The method on yukichigai worked well for me even with iTunes 9.0.0.70. As jh said, you just have to do the same thing for the AppleMobileDeviceSupport64.msi as you do for the iTunes64.msi.

One problem I've found so far with the above method is that iPhone firmware updates don't seem to work. When I tried, I got an Add New Hardware wizard which I couldn't find any drivers to satisfy, and subsequently ended up with a bricked iPhone

From what I could tell, the iPhone needs a different driver when it is in Recovery mode (for some sort of rawer and/or more low level access, maybe?), which x64 doesn't seem to support. I don't know much about drivers, but I'm guessing that normal access through iTunes relies on a simple 32 bit driver that runs fine on x64, but to get down and dirty at the low level requires a specific x64 driver that doesn't exist (only a Vista 64 bit one does, and it's not compatible with x64).

Anyway, no major harm done as I managed to unbrick my iPhone with iRecovery

Just something for all us unlucky x64 people to be careful of!

#13 clownba0t on 2009-10-13 11:55 (Reply)

I got itunes to work on my xp x64 but my ipod will not sync. i went into device manage and all that but still nothing. after spending the $ on an ipod you think apple would do something for its customers. Any suggestions?

#14 Nick on 2010-06-21 01:38 (Reply)

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