Deployment of Apple Itunes iTunes 12.1.1.4-Issue trying to get to preferences.

Question

Looks like Apple decided to break their installers-Or was this be design? here is what I am seeing:

iTunes now names their 64bit version Itunes6464setup.exe

When you crack it open there are now two version of the Apple application Support (one assuming a x86 and another x64)

they have changed the names of AppleMobiledeviceSupport and Itunes to x6464

But that's not the problem,

now when I script out the install:

AppleApplicationSupport64.msi /qb

AppleMobileDeviceSupport6464.msi /qnb

Bonjour64.msi /qb

itunes6464.msi /qb

Then go into Itunes to configure it, I click on preferences, and the whole application freezes for a period of about 5 minutes.

This behavior doesn't happen on a native install.

Ideas?

Answer

if it does not happen on a native install then do a Gap capture..

Answer

Have I mentioned ProcMon? Ever? :-)

Answer

I ran into the same issue and found the native install also installed the 32-bit AppleApplicationSupport. I added that and the issue went away.

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