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iTunes on Windows PC causes system slowdown after closing

Whenever I use itunes on my Windows PC, once I close it even if I've just opened it, played 1 track and then closed it, my system runs really slow for about 10 minutes eg if I have Process Explorer running it only refreshes every 10 seconds or so, or it can take 20 seconds to display another running application, another 20-30 seconds to close it. According to Process Explorer itunes.exe is still running but not clocking up CPU time although the Cycles count is increasing. Is this a known issue and how can it be fixed?

iTunes Version 12.13.11.1

Dell XPS Desktop 8960 64gb RAM

Windows 11 Pro 25H2 OS Build 26200.9457.

Thanks in advance.

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Same here.