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Turn off Genre browser in iTunes 8 for Windows Vista / XP

1. Close iTunes.

2. Vista users: Open C:\Users\[Your Username]\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes in Explorer (if you cannot see the AppData folder, go to Tools menu > Folder Options > View tab and check Show hidden files and folders).

XP users: Open C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username]\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes in Explorer (if you cannot see the Application Data folder, go to Tools menu > Folder Options > View tab and check Show hidden files and folders).

3. Backup iTunesPrefs.xml before making any changes!

4. Open iTunesPrefs.xml in either Notepad2 or Notepad++
(do NOT use Microsoft Notepad or Wordpad)

5. Paste the following code below <dict> under <key>User Preferences</key> (line numbers 396 and 397 in my iTunesPrefs.xml file on Vista Home Premium):

<key>show-genre-when-browsing</key>
<data>
AA==
</data>

6. Save iTunesPrefs.xml and open iTunes.

If you also want to turn off the annoying arrow links to the iTunes Store, paste the following code in iTunesPrefs.xml (repeat steps 1, 2, 4 and 6):

<key>show-store-arrow-links</key>
<data>
AA==
</data>

Mac user? Click here for instructions.