ITunes 7.3.1 - lost purchased tracks + playlists

Hi guys hope some1 can help. I updated my iTunes to 7.3.1 2 days ago and up until 2 hrs ago all my purchased tracks and playlists were intacked. Now everytime i open it there are no playlists or purchased music listed. I checked my purchase history in the store and they are all listed there but not in my library. When i opened my finder they are also listed but my Library is empty. Please help.

I just went through hours of **** with this 7.3.1 itunes update. I couldn't open Quicktime as well. And Software Update wouldn't let me download the latest Quicktime update.
Itunes was opening and then immediately quitting. So here is what I did after trying everthing I could think of;
I got rid of itunes altogether and then downloaded itunes 4 from ilife '05 using Pacifist to select itunes only. It still wouldn't open correctly. So on a whim I downloaded Quiktime 7.2 from the Apple site only. Opened fine. Then, I downloaded itunes 7.0 from ilife '06 and everthing seems to be working fine.... so far. I am assuming I will have no trouble going from itunes 7.0 to 7.1 to 7.2.. No way in **** am I going to 7.3.1 though!! Hope this helps everyone!
doug g

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