Album Cover Browser Broken

Ok i have the newest version of itunes. so on the display options (the three buttons next to the search bar in itunes) i click the right one, which brings up pictures of the album covers and you can scroll through them. the problem i have, is after i have restarted my computer after first using this feature, the space where the pictures are meant to appear has turned gray and says "Itunes is unable to browse album covers on this computer". Both of the other two options display the album covers perfectly.. but tht was my fave display and now its broken i aint 2 pelased... how could i fix it ??? or is it another screw up by the failures that are apple, so far i just had glitches with the new itunes ..

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