If iTunes for Windows prompts you to authorize your figurer when you lot effort to play purchases

You might not be able to qualify your computer due to issues with account or folder permissions. Continue below to fix the issue.

Try authorizing your purchases with a different Apple ID

You might have used a dissimilar Apple ID to buy the items that you want to play. To check, right-click the item and look for Remove Download in the carte du jour. If you encounter Remove Download, you're signed in with the Apple ID that you used to purchase the particular. Select Remove Download, then redownload the detail.

If you lot don't encounter Remove Download, follow these steps:

  1. On your PC, open iTunes for Windows.
  2. In Library, discover a song that you bought from the iTunes Shop and select it.
  3. From the card bar at the top of the iTunes window, choose Edit > Get Info.
  4. Click the File tab. Look to the correct of "purchased past" for the Apple ID that you lot used to buy the particular.
  5. Authorize your computer using the Apple ID from stride 4, which might have inverse since you bought the detail if you updated the password or email accost associated with that Apple ID. If y'all forgot your Apple tree ID password, visit iforgot.apple.com.

If you're not sure if your Apple ID has changed since you lot bought the particular, check the purchase history of that Apple ID for the item to confirm that the item is on the list of purchases.

Plow off User Account Controls

In iTunes for Windows, yous can fix some authorization issues if you reset your User Account Controls. To reset your User Account Controls in Windows 7 or later, follow these steps:

  1. Press the Windows key on your keyboard. If your keyboard doesn't have a Windows key, printing the Control (Ctrl) and Escape (Esc) keys on your keyboard.
  2. Click on the magnifying icon or search field. In the search field, enterUserAccountControlSettings.
  3. Click UserAccountControlSettings.
  4. If asked if you lot want to allow this app to make changes, click Yes.
  5. Move the slider to the bottom setting.
  6. Click OK.
  7. If asked if you want to allow this app to make changes, click Yes.
  8. Restart your computer.

Then, plow User Account Controls back on.

  1. Press the Windows central on your keyboard. If your keyboard doesn't accept a Windows fundamental, printing the Control (Ctrl) and Escape (Esc) keys on your keyboard.
  2. Click on the magnifying icon or search field. In the search field, enterUserAccountControlSettings.
  3. Click UserAccountControlSettings.
  4. Move the slider back to the setting that you want.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Restart your computer.
  7. Try to authorize your reckoner again.

Remove the SC Info binder in Windows

To work properly, iTunes needs the SC Info folder on your reckoner. You can authorize your computer to play your purchases if you remove the folder. And then, let iTunes recreate it.

  1. Quit iTunes.
  2. Press the Windows cardinal on your keyboard. If your keyboard doesn't have a Windows cardinal, press the Control (Ctrl) and Escape (Esc) keys on your keyboard.
  3. Click on the magnifying icon or search field. In the search field, enter %ProgramData%, then press Return.
  4. Show hidden files:
    Windows 10: Click View, and so select "Hidden items."
    Windows 8: Click View, so click Options. On the View tab, select "Show subconscious files, folders, and drives."
    Windows seven: Click Organize, then click "Folder and search options." On the View tab, select "Show hidden files, folders, and drives."
  5. Open up the Apple Computer binder, then open up the iTunes folder.
  6. Right-click the SC Info folder and choose Delete from the pop-up menu.
  7. Restart your computer.
  8. Open iTunes.
  9. Try to authorize your estimator over again. If you take multiple Apple tree IDs, authorize your computer for each Apple tree ID.

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