ITunes Cleared Library, including songs and Apps!

Just the other day my iTunes crashed on me, when I restarted it back up, all my songs were gone (well over 10k) which is no big deal, i simply re-added them to the library. It took some time but I was fine with that. Until I then noticed that all my playlists were now empty, the play counts for tracks were reset (important in my line of work) and worst of all when I synched up my iphone it started deleting apps that I had bought! Sure enough the "Apps" section of my iTunes was now empty and synching only deletes what I have on my phone! I'm hoping someone out there could help me!
Thanks!!

*Empty/corrupt library after upgrade/crash*
Hopefully it's not been too long since you last upgraded iTunes, in fact if you get an empty/incomplete library immediately after upgrading then with the following steps you shouldn't lose a thing or need to do any further housekeeping. In the *Previous iTunes Libraries* folder should be a number of dated iTunes Library files. Take the most recent of these and copy it into the iTunes folder. Rename *iTunes Library* as *iTunes Library (Corrupt)* and then rename the restored file as *iTunes Library*. Start iTunes. Should all be good, bar any recent additions to or deletions from your library.
See iTunes Folder Watch (Windows) or Music Folder Files Not Added (Mac) and Super Remove Dead Tracks (Mac) for tools to catch up with any changes since the backup file was created.
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