Downgrading to an older version - will I lose my LIBRARY?

I know someone in another thread said that if you downgrade, you'll lose your playlists...but will you also lose your library and playcount too...?

Yeah, I lost all my playlists when I downgraded. I didn't know it was going to happen, so I didn't try to prepare for it. When I opened the older version after installing it I got an error message that said something like "iTunesLibrary.itl was created by a newer version of iTunes and cannot be accessed." Then when I clicked the error box iTunes would just close. So I had to go into the iTunes folder & delete that file before it would open, which means I deleted all my playlists and playcounts, etc. There is a previous itunes library file, but when I try to open it nothing happens, or if I try to import it in itunes it won't open.
When I was looking in iTunes help there's a section about 'saving playlists' - I guess you could try exporting them into a separate file and then reimporting them later, although who knows if that would work? Right now I'm trying to rebuild them from my ipod. Good luck.

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