Problem restoring iTunes backup from Time Capsule

I had to reformat the hard disk on my daughters macbook and I'm having problems restoring the iTunes library. I have copied the iTunes folder onto the Macintosh Hard drive and receive this error message when I try to open iTunes saying that the .xml file is missing. Would appreciate some help.

can somebody help i/m basically having the same problem but my error message says an unknown error occurred

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