Burn playlist to disc not highlighted

I can't click on "burn to playlist" tab in file menu. how can i get it to where I can burn to a cd?

hi Jessica!
is the command still grayed out when you have a playlist selected in your source list?
love, b

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It sounds like you are trying to burn a playlist to a disc in iTunes, but you are getting the error, "disc burner or software not found." I found a couple of resources that I think might help with an error like this.
I recommend starting with the steps in this article:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2308
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1374
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Hollie,
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Hi, I have updated to itunes 7 and the first thing I did was lose all my music off my ipod, as I didn't have it in the library. I now think that I have all my music back as I had backed up on DVDs.
I know that itunes is s'posed to be a one way thing but I don't see why.
Now I am redoing my playlists, is there anyway to back these up??
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Hi there, I had a look but there are no playlists saved there, as the playlists are not saved in the itunes library this may be the reason.
Anyway I don't want to reinstall at the mo. I want to save them so I dont lose them again.
I was hoping if I could get them into a folder or on a disc that I could easily upload them again. I mean, why is there a greyed out area in files?
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Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
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