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Here's an unvarnished description of each installer: In Windows 7 and Windows Vista, it interrupts you for two UAC prompts. When you run the master iTunes setup program, it extracts the following files to a temporary folder and then begins installing all of them in sequence. This screen shows the contents of the 64-bit iTunes 10 installer.Įxtract those files to a local or network folder and you can run them individually, using command-line switches to control their behavior.

(I previously recommended the free and versatile IZArc utility but it is now, unfortunately, a nest of crapware and I can no longer recommend it.) Use the file utility to extract files from iTunesSetup.exe (or, on 圆4 Windows machines, iTunes64Setup.exe). You also need a third-party file extraction utility.

To get started, you need a copy of the iTunes Windows installer, which comes in x86 and 圆4 versions and is available via this download page. I've also updated my advice for individual scenarios so that you can make intelligent choices instead of simply settling for Apple's defaults. It contains detailed, up-to-date instructions for cracking open that gigantic iTunes installer and installing just the pieces you want and need. It installs a network service that many iTunes users don't need and that has been associated with security and reliability issues.Īnd you wonder why I dislike iTunes with a passion that burns like the fire of a thousand suns? It configures two "helper" programs to start automatically every time you start your PC, giving you no easy way to disable them. Why is that important? When you run the iTunes setup program, it unpacks six Windows Installer packages and a master setup program, which then installs nearly 300MB of program and support files, a kernel-mode CD/DVD-burning driver, multiple system services, and a bunch of browser plugins. Apple still gives its customers a monolithic iTunes setup program with absolutely no options to pick and choose based on your specific needs. Now that iTunes 10 has been released, it's apparent that nothing has changed in Cupertino. One of the most popular posts I wrote in 2008 was a set of step-by-step instructions to help you do what Apple doesn't want you to do with iTunes for Windows (see Slimming down the bloated iTunes installer).