If iTunes for Windows prompts you to qualify your computer when you lot try to play purchases

You might non exist able to authorize your figurer due to issues with account or folder permissions. Continue below to set up the issue.

Try authorizing your purchases with a different Apple ID

Yous might have used a different Apple ID to buy the items that yous desire to play. To bank check, correct-click the item and wait for Remove Download in the menu. If you see Remove Download, you're signed in with the Apple ID that you used to purchase the item. Select Remove Download, and so redownload the detail.

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

  1. On your PC, open iTunes for Windows.
  2. In Library, find a song that you bought from the iTunes Store and select information technology.
  3. From the menu bar at the top of the iTunes window, cull Edit > Go Info.
  4. Click the File tab. Look to the right of "purchased past" for the Apple ID that you used to purchase the detail.
  5. Authorize your computer using the Apple tree ID from step 4, which might have changed since yous bought the item if you updated the countersign or e-mail address associated with that Apple ID. If y'all forgot your Apple ID password, visit iforgot.apple.com.

If you're non sure if your Apple ID has changed since you bought the detail, check the buy history of that Apple ID for the detail to confirm that the particular is on the list of purchases.

Plow off User Account Controls

In iTunes for Windows, you lot can ready some dominance problems if you reset your User Account Controls. To reset your User Account Controls in Windows vii or afterward, follow these steps:

  1. Press the Windows central on your keyboard. If your keyboard doesn't accept a Windows central, press 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 want to permit this app to make changes, click Yep.
  5. Move the slider to the bottom setting.
  6. Click OK.
  7. If asked if y'all want to let this app to make changes, click Yes.
  8. Restart your calculator.

Then, plough User Account Controls back on.

  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. Move the slider back to the setting that you want.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Restart your computer.
  7. Try to authorize your reckoner once again.

Remove the SC Info folder in Windows

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

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

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