{"id":26678,"date":"2022-12-26T10:46:53","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T09:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/26678\/wo-ist-itunes-exe-zu-finden-verzeichnispfad\/"},"modified":"2022-12-27T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-27T13:40:12","slug":"where-is-itunes-exe-found-location-directory-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26678\/where-is-itunes-exe-found-location-directory-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is iTunes.exe found (location directory path)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you use iTunes on Windows to administer, manage or backup your Apple devices, you occasionally come to the point where you want to access <em>iTunes.exe<\/em> directly. This can be, for example, if you want to run the <a title=\"Where does iTunes store iOS backups and how to change backup folder?\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26725\/find-and-change-itunes-backup-location\/\">iPhone backup<\/a> via the command line. In this case the question arises where or under which path the <em>iTunes.exe<\/em> is stored.<\/p>\n<p>It is possible that it cannot be found under the default folder path under <em>Program Files<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of content<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26678\/where-is-itunes-exe-found-location-directory-path\/#Default_folder_path\" >Default folder path<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26678\/where-is-itunes-exe-found-location-directory-path\/#Windows_App_%E2%80%93_Directory\" >Windows App &#8211; Directory<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26678\/where-is-itunes-exe-found-location-directory-path\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Default_folder_path\"><\/span>Default folder path<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you have downloaded and installed iTunes regularly from the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/downloads\/itunes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple support website<\/a>, you will find the EXE file for iTunes in the following default location:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>C:\\Program Files\\iTunes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26672\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26672\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26672 size-full\" title=\"Location for iTunes.exe\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/location-itunes-exe-where-is-it-found-1.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot Windows Explorer default directory executable file from iTunes\" width=\"650\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/location-itunes-exe-where-is-it-found-1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/location-itunes-exe-where-is-it-found-1-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26672\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Default directory iTunes.exe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Windows_App_%E2%80%93_Directory\"><\/span>Windows App &#8211; Directory<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The situation is somewhat different if you have installed iTunes via the <em>Microsoft Store<\/em>. In this case, <a title=\"Where does iTunes store iOS backups and how to change backup location?\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26725\/find-and-change-itunes-backup-location\/\">iTunes<\/a> is treated as a Windows app and managed accordingly. The apps managed by <a title=\"Folder in Use \u2013 Can not delete folder in Windows\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/17952\/folder-in-use-can-not-delete-folder-in-windows\/\">Windows can<\/a> be found in the <strong>WindowsApps<\/strong> directory.<\/p>\n<p>In order to find the iTunes.exe, you should look for a subfolder in <a title=\"Explaination what is macosx folder?\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/19023\/what-is-macosx-folder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this folder<\/a>, which starts with <em><strong>&#8220;AppleInc.iTunes_&#8230;&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>. The executable iTunes file can then be found in this folder:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>C:\\Program Files\\WindowsApps\\AppleInc.iTunes_12127.1.57051.0_x64__nzyj5cx40ttqa<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_26676\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26676\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26676 size-full\" title=\"Where can I find the iTunes.exe program file?\" src=\"http:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/location-itunes-exe-where-is-it-found-2.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot Windows Explorer directory executable iTunes when managed by Windows apps\" width=\"650\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/location-itunes-exe-where-is-it-found-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/location-itunes-exe-where-is-it-found-2-300x134.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-26676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iTunes.exe location managed by Windows apps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>So it makes a difference from which source you install iTunes. Depending on that, there are different directory paths for the <a title=\"fusermount \u2013 executable file not found\" href=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/26201\/fusermount-executable-file-not-found\/\">executable files<\/a>. Of course, this is true for all other apps as well.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you use iTunes on Windows to administer, manage or backup your Apple devices, you occasionally come to the point<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[2279,2082,2520,2521,2522,1565],"class_list":["post-26678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-apple-en","tag-backup-en","tag-ipad-en","tag-iphone-en","tag-itunes-en","tag-software-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}