Itunes library does not load

Itunes library, on local hard drive and in default location, does not load. The preference is pointing to the right place and reset doesn't do anything.
This is what I did last. I had manually copied files directly in to /user/music/itunes/itunes music/ while I tunes was still running. Could this have damaged the library?
Thank you.

It is usually best to let iTunes do the work and use the 'keep' and 'copy' features.
If you move things around from the Finder then iTunes loses its' reference to the tunes. If you do the work from within iTunes and you will have fewer problems.
If the tunes are in the correct locations (/user/music/itunes/itunes music/) then from within iTunes select the 'Add' option from the File menu - select a tune or 2 as a check - are they now in the library? If so the 'add' the rest.
MJ

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