ITunes files missing after MacBook Pro software restore

After my MacBook slowed to a crawl, I decided to restore the system software (OS and Applications) and ended up with much improved responsiveness and performance. I keep my ITunes files on an external hard drive. When the restore was completed, I set the library address to the external hard drive, and copied and pasted all my music, video and applications into Itunes window. My music came in fine, my movies are there as well, but my apps never showed, and my TV shows didn't appear either. I tried pasting 1 TV show file into ITunes TV Shows, and I tried pasting all of them. A small window came up telling me the system was "processing" the files, but they never showed up in the ITunes window. I also tried double clicking on the file name on the external hd (sometimes that imports them as well into ITunes window), but no luck there either. Any advice? Thanks.

This happened to my 2006 Macbook when the logic board was replaced under Applecare by my local service centre due to a known issue at the time (random shutdown). It didn't affect the warranty or cause me any problems so I didn't bother to go back to them although I later found out that they could and should have reset it at the time.
The only thing that might have been a problem if I had had more than one computer was that it made my iTunes account think that I had two computers authorized, i.e, a sort of "ghost" left over from the previous serial number. As you can only have five machines authorized with an account it means you have one less available to you even though you don't actually have that computer. This was not a problem to me as I didn't need five authorizations, and anyway you can go into your account once a year and reset your account. You may need to do this if you have five computers you need to play your iTunes purchases on.
Still lazy of the repair centre not to reset the serial number for you though.

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