2 itunes accounts, now 1 music library gone?

my brother started using itunes recently, and we are on the same pc account. different itunes accounts, but since he has started purchasing his music, my entire library of 200+ songs has completely dissapeared and only his is there! is there a way to switch in between music libraries, because i tried signing into my itunes and it stayed with my brother's music library. please i need an answer how?

Hi There,
As far as I know in each install of iTunes there is only one library which defaults to one folder location, wherever is your iTunes installed.
I am sure your music is still there in your hard drive but not being recognised due to the change in iTunes accounts. Go to Edit->Preferences->Select the tab Advanced and check for the iTunes Media folder location, there is where all the music, etc is downloaded, probably you have two folders there, one with your music.
If you want to share your PC with your brother, you should've created another account for your brother, install iTunes in that account. In that way, your installation would not be changed (so the PC would have two users defined).
Hope it helps.
Cheers, Marcelo.

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