Empty iTunes window at startup

With iTunes 10.0(67), when opening the application, as it should, the last playlist (or whatever in the side bar) you had selected when it was last open, is still selected, but the list of songs on the right, is completely blank. Selecting anything else in the source list on the left works fine, you see the correct list of file on the right, and when you go back to the originally selected playlist (or whatever, movies, tunes, ringtones) it then correctly shows the list on the right. (wish i could post a screen shot..)
A bug perhaps? A bit disconcerting to see a blank window every time you start the app (except for the iTunes store, since it auto refreshes)
Is this just me on my mac?

I tunes update out today, 10.0.1(22) - saw this about the update...
"Addresses an issue where the iTunes library and playlists appear empty."
So I thought the issue here was solved, but the library and playlist still appear empty on startup for me, so seems issue has been addressed, but not solved.

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Hi! Welcome to Apple Discussions Forum.
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