ITunes crashed...and I lost my playlists and preferences

I'm not quite sure how it happened, but iTunes crashed...and it took almost all of my playlists with it as well as resetting my preferences.  Very strange.  Is it possible to get it back to where I want it?  I have (had) hundreds of playlists for various different things and it's exremely important to me to get it back right.
Thanks in advance!
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Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the Previous iTunes Libraries folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename iTunes Library.itl as iTunes Library (Corrupt).itl and then rename the restored file as iTunes Library.itl. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch for a tool to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
When you get it all working make a backup!
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