Everytime I open iTunes it deletes my music folder.

it replaces it with an empty my music folder, i cannot find my music anywhere on my computer.

Do you have a Sony Vaio? Many Vaio owners have seen this exact problem. There is some Sony media management software often preinstalled on Vaio systems that causes a conflict with iTunes saving its library database file. See this Apple support article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2715
and Redkeefy's post in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8537277#8537277
Other computers may have media management software that would have a similar effect, though I haven't heard of any specifics.
Hope this helps.

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This is a know problem with the Sony Vaio.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8537277#8537277
There is some preloaded software that causes problems, I believe it can be configured to exclude the iTunes folder.
Sony have released a software update for some models of Vaio but I don't have the link to hand. I guess you could look on their support site.

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