ITunes 10.7 "upgrade" doesn't recognize my library

Just installed the latest iTunes (10.7). Instead of bringing up my library, it's showing me startup info about how to add music to a (presumably empty) new library.
The software was pointing to a newly created "ITunes Media" folder. I've used preferences to point to the actual location of my library (on an external drive), but I keep getting the same startup info screens, with no music (/movies/etc.) list (although the prefs now show the correct location for my media).
I know I can choose "Add to library" to get iTunes to construct a new list... but then I think everything will have the current date as "Date Added," which I don't want.
How can I fix this? Thanks for any help.
(MacBook dual core black [2006 model] running OS X 10.6.8 — hardware is too old to run 10.7.x)

Ouch. You don't use preferences to point to a library on an external drive. I hope you didn't do anything with preferences. You use that to redirect iTunes to where you want to put just media which is only part of your library. The other part of your library is, uh, wherever you keep it.
If you really keep the whole library on an external, start iTunes and immediately hold down the option key, then point it to the iTunes folder on the external.
What are the iTunes library files? - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1660
More on iTunes library files and what they do - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes#Media_management
What are all those iTunes files? - http://www.macworld.com/article/139974/2009/04/itunes_files.html
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