Accidentally deleting playlists....

Okay, now that I've accidentally deleted playlists a couple of times....
When answering the safety question "Are you sure you want to delete this playlist?" a while back, I also checked the "do not ask again" box.
Now that I've changed my mind, how can I get this question to appear again, since I told my Mac not to ask anymore...?
Thanks, -Otis

Works for me.
You quit iTunes, then deleted /Users/you/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iTunes.plist, correct?
When you restart iTunes, you should get the *Welcome to iTunes* screen.

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