How do I connect my library and playlists to iTunes 10 on PC.

My computer crashed. Luckily I had my extensive library and playlists on external drive. I have a newer PC now with Windows 7. I have tried to download a version of iTunes 10 but I am uncertain of how to connect them. I have made a link with my Library on my external drive and then dropped the library into the Music title on the iTunes window. It took a while to catalogue, making up album playlists, and then a window appeared saying "iTunes has stopped working." I doubtlessly did something wrong along the way. I would appreciate it if someone could help me out of this predicament and set me up in a working iTunes 10 that will take my my playlists and iPod Nanos 6th and 7th gen. I'm willing to start from scratch.

there are a load of suggestions in itune - this is not an icloud issue as wifi sync is seperate
many people have found success by restarting the applemobiledevices process and opening some ports on the firewall - all detailed under itunes support

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