ITunes 10.4 (80) keeps losing/deleting song files

As the topic title says, since downloading the most recent update to iTunes, (about 4 days ago) I have had to re-Add to Library several albums and Podcasts after the initial files disappeared.
Is anyone else experiencing similar issues?

Having the same problem with iTunes 10.4 and followed the Apple Support Doc to uninstall iTunes and all its componets on Windows 7 x64. Re-installed everything and tried to re-sync my iPhone and its still causing the sync or APPCrash problem below.
Faulting application name: iTunes.exe, version: 10.4.0.80, time stamp: 0x4e262cf4
Faulting module name: iTunes.dll, version: 10.4.0.80, time stamp: 0x4e262cc3
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00cf55aa
Faulting process id: 0x690
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc4e7ed01dee6c
Faulting application path: D:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe
Faulting module path: D:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.dll
Report Id: 47b6a64d-ba72-11e0-996b-000272d5a3a4
I also noticed this error after the Application Error in the event log. As though it was trying to sync but getting these mutiple errors.
244: ERROR: read_msg errno 10054 (An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)
340: ERROR: read_msg errno 10054 (An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)
424: ERROR: read_msg errno 10054 (An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)
504: ERROR: read_msg errno 10054 (An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)
548: ERROR: read_msg errno 10054 (An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)
556: ERROR: read_msg errno 10054 (An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.)
Most of these errors are pointing to some Microsoft article about chaning the Bonjour Service from autmatic to manual but that did resolve my issue.

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Welcome to Adobe Forum,
Have you referred to :
http://forums.adobe.com/message/5353903
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1271663
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6183619
http://forums.adobe.com/message/6180892
http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/help/sync-files.html
They contain good information, it might help you.
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