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Copy Tracks to Multiple Playlists v2.0 Copy selected tracks to multiple playlists
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Make M3U Distribution Folder v1.1 Create folder with m3u playlist and associated media files
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Search-Replace Tag Text v3.1 Perform search-and-replace on text in your choice of tags
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Search Amazon Book Covers v1.2 Use tag info from selected track to search Amazon Books for cover art
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Total Plays v2.0 Tally the Plays of selected tracks or tracks in selected playlist
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New Last Played Date v3.0 Set new Last Played/Last Skipped of selected tracks
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De-Genre v4.0 Helps manage and remove unwanted Genres
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Delete Empty Playlists v2.0 Delete empty playlists
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Play Random Album v3.0 Creates and plays playlist using tracks from album chosen at random
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Play Album Next In iTunes DJ v2.0 Add tracks with same Album tag in track order to iTunes DJ
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Windows Solutions

AppleScripts are Macintosh-only, however there are several developers of iTunes-sorta-script solutions for Windows. This list is by no means complete, but it's all I know about. Please contact me to add your site or other pertinent Windows sites to this list. Otherwise, I know next to noting about scripting for Windows. (Actually, I know exactly nothing.)

iTunes COM for Windows Software Development Kit (SDK): This SDK from Apple provides header files, documentation, and sample JScript files demonstrating how to use the iTunes for Windows COM interface. COM is the Microsoft technology, similar to AppleScript on Mac OS, that allows programmatic control of iTunes from languages like JScript, Visual Basic, C#, and C++. This SDK requires iTunes for Windows version 4.7 or later. [Sept 16, 2008]; I believe this download requires membership in the Apple Developer program. Go to the link above and page the alphabetical listing until you come to "iTunes COM for Windows SDK".
Dan Crevier's Blog - Automating/scripting iTunes on Windows: Examples on how to use the iTunes COM SDK
Maximized Software: Scripts for iTunes is a free collection of scripts that can be used to control iTunes. You can use them from the command line, in a batch (command) file, or you can assign them to the special controls keys on a multimedia keyboard (such as "Play", "Next", or "Previous").
iTunes JavaScripts & VBScripts: Several scripts for various tasks.
Nate's Scripts for iTunes for Windows: JScripts for iTunes in Windows.
Teridon's iTunes Scripts for Windows: Robert Jacobson's collection of Windows scripts perform a wide variety of functions
iPodlounge Forum Post: Fairly comprehensive list of iTunes for Windows Plug-Ins

As far as trying to port AppleScripts to Windows, you are somewhat limited by what the iTunes COM can do and iTunes' fairly basic JavaScript implementation; neither has the robustness of AppleScript (or so I have been apprised). Also, AppleScripts from this site are not quite text files and can only be viewed in AppleScript Editor (or other AppleScripting software) on a Mac computer.

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