ITunes library .itl file locked.....what to do?

I just downloaded to the 7.4 iTunes and am now currently 'locked' out of iTunes completely. Admittedly, I'm not the most computer savvy but any sage advice would be appreciated.
Message was edited by: all4believing719

When you tried opening iTunes while holding down the shift key to open a certain library, did you try opening the file in My Music>iTunes>Previous iTunes Libraries? There will be an .itl file in their with a date on it; it might be from whenever the last time you updated itunes was.
Another thing you could try is rebuilding your library from the .xml file - the instructions are on this page (but see my notes below): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313
I have successfully done this, but I didn't have a 'locked' file, so I don't know for sure it will work for you. One thing I would suggest is don't actually trash the 'iTunes Library.itl' file until you get your library back. And when you open iTunes it will be completely blank, but don't panic. Also, it's probably going to take awhile, so just let iTunes do it's thing while it's importing.
When it's done you should see all your music files and playlists; you will probably lose all your playcounts and ratings though. If for some reason there are music files still missing try File>Add Folder to Library and add whatever folder(s) are missing.
If you don't get the library back please post again - maybe someone else will have another option.

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