7.6 can't find any songs in my library after upgrade

After I upgraded to 7.6 and iTunes "updated my iTunes library", every single song (over 10,000) in my almost full 60gb iPod library turned up with the dreaded exclamation point, meaning that iTunes couldn't find the files. They are in the same place they were before I upgraded. I tried the "shift" - open thing so I could tell it where the library file was but that didn't work. I salvaged things by reinstalling the old version of iTunes along with the old .itl file (which I had thankfully saved elsewhere). But I was thinking about upgrading to an iPod Classic, which requires iTunes 7.6. Does this mean I will have to recreate my entire library all over from scratch on the new iPod?

I finally got around to messing with this problem again. I had already done what you suggested twice with no luck, but I tried it again today. Once again, after iTunes "updated the library", all songs had exclamation points. I tried copying and pasting the old .itl file, reopening iTunes, but it again "updated the library" and the same thing happened. However, this time I tried closing iTunes and opening it up again, and everything seemed to be fine! Don't know why it was telling me it couldn't find my songs before I did that. Since I've had iTunes lose songs for no apparent reason before, I've gotten so paranoid that I've got my entire library backed up on TWO external hard drives! Thanks for your help.

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