itunes takes 10 minutes to open my library

the 7 iTunes tasks are still in Task Manager, now down to 4 tasks, several seconds later down to 1 task, MobileDeviceProcess. Any suggestion on how to resolve the problem would be appreciated. I've uninstalled and reinstalled at least three times. I'm using Windows 10 which is up to date. Now I close the iTunes window (using the big X in top right corner). DaveCreasy Created on ApiTunes slow to load iTunes is very slow to open. It reappears in Task Manager, 9 tasks at first down to 7 tasks, two of which are 'MobileDeviceHelper (32 bit)' and 'MobileDeviceProcess' - are these related to the iPod misadventures? 4 minutes 50 seconds and the iTunes window finally opens. Closed it but it's still hanging around in Task Manager. Thereafter, iTunes seems to be 'fails to load' but now I'm guessing that it is just 'very slow to start up'. The trouble started Saturday evening when I (1) completely reset an iPod, so there wasn't any baggage on there, just a couple dozen songs from Apple Music that the iPod learned about on its own during the reset and (2) connected it via lightning cable to the Windows machine (3) and it failed to sync. Thursday-Saturday transferring about 3000 songs and other files into iTunes, building a new library from scratch and fixing up many album associations. If you have hundreds or even thousands of songs, videos, movies, and. These files serve the app with required information quickly but at the same time, they also create a load on your system, which results in iTunes slowing down on your machine. With macOS, take advantage of built-in backup for your music, videos, movies, and eBooks.

Version 12.12.2.2 installed on a brand new Windows 10 machine on Thursday. iTunes is an application, and like other apps, it also stores cache files on your computer.

Itunes takes 10 minutes to open my library