
Fixing a locked iTunes Library
So something happened (likely your computer abruptly shut down) and now iTunes is giving you an error message that your Library file is locked:
This is easy enough to fix:
- Close iTunes
- Move all files from the root of your iTunes library folder to another location
- Open iTunes which will create some new files in your iTunes library location
- Close iTunes
- Move the original .ITL and .xml file back to your iTunes library location (overwriting any new files just created)
- Open iTunes and your library should be back to normal