Accidentally Deleting Playlists - Help?

How do I change the delete playlist prefernces in iTunes so I can get the "Are you sure you want to delete this playlist?" message back? I checked the "do not ask again" box a while back but after accidentally deleting so many playlists that I've spent a good deal of time creating I need at least something to help prevent myself from doing that again. This usually happens when I'm trying to delete just a song in the playlist; sometimes in iTunes it's hard to tell if I'm currently highlighting a playlist or a song.
I can't find the option to bring it back in the preferences area.
Thanks for any help!

There is no option in preferences to get the warning back. What you have to do is delete the iTunes preferences files. Forget the article number

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