Itunes 10.6.1.7 - Obliterated my Library

Hoping someone can assist.  I just updated my itunes on my Windows PC to the new Itunes 10.6.1.7.  After restarting my computer, I opened the application to find my entire itunes library gone.  No music, videos, etc and now I'm afraid to see what will happen if I connect one of my devices. 
It's as if it's not loading my previous library and starting completely from scratch!
Please help if possible.

b noir has you covered, downloading iTunes again shouldn't be necessary. Copy the most recent file from the Previous iTunes library folder and paste it into the main iTunes folder. If you "upgrade" again then you would need to use an earlier file as the upgrade will backup and update the "empty" version of the library.
tt2

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