Having to re-add Music folder to iTunes everytime

Everytime I open iTunes on my somewhat new Sony laptop, I have to use "Add Folder to Library" to re-add my Music folder. For whatever reason, my iTunes library is empty otherwise upon turning on my laptop. I lose all my playlists and play counts from the previous session.
Any suggestions would be appreciated

Restarted, and its asking for me to authorize again.
Is there a way I can deauthorize all computers and then reauthorize each one (it says I authorized 4 out of 5, even though I only have two. It's because I reformatted this computer twice and forgot to deauthorize.)
I know theres a "deauthorize all" button when your authorize limit (5) is up, but is there a way to deauthorize all of the computers when there is less than 5? (I can't do Deauthorize Computer, because it thinks im authorizing 4 computers when I actually have 2)
I hope what I wrote was clear

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