Itunes forgets it's got anything in the library

So, I open itunes after changing nothing... and it thinks I have an empty library. 35 gigs it forgot about. Not a HUGE deal... I just have to reimport. But I was wondering if anyone else had this problem and... if so... if I can expect it to be a regular occurance. That would be a HUGE pain.
-adam

I would suspect that the 'iTunes Library.itl' database file (or the folder it resides in) is either corrupted, or more likely read-only.
Using Windows Explorer, go to the '...\My Music\iTunes' folder and check it and the ITL file. Right-click on them and go to 'Properties'. Remove the checkmark in the 'read only' box.
iTunes should now be able to save the ITL file in the folder it needs. Post back if this doesn't help and we can try other solutions.

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