HT201272 Downloading past purchases not appearing in my iTunes library

I have tried everything suggested from iTunes websites and discussion boards for getting my past purchases onto my library, nothing seems to work.
I signed in and out of iTunes, started my computer back up several times, tried downloading past purchases to no avail. Despite actually being able to dowanload my past purchases from the iTunes store, they dont show up in my iTunes library, and they then show up as "downloaded"!
Worst of all, they are not in any folder on my computer, neither in the iTunes folder or in my personal folders or even in the junk folder! I am lost and need help

Are you going to Purchased here:
And when you go there, do you see something that looks like this:
You can also try transferring the purchases from your iPhone: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848

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