ITunes library not valid?

Ok, I think this is/was my problem all along(I posted a topic before asking for help).Once a week when I open my iTunes I get a message saying *iPod games does not appear to be a valid file, iTunes has created a new iTunes library and renamed this file to "iTunes Library(Damaged) 2". Now, my iTunes still opens BUT all my playlists/playcounts/songs are gone(I still have the files in my folders, though). I really hate this and would like to get rid of it because re-adding everything and losing all my playcounts and waiting for the songs/vids to actually download back into iTunes AND then having to re-make all my custom playlists is really annoying. Can anyone help me? Fine a solution to this without having to re-add everything every **** week?

I use McAfee also.. so I don't think that would cause it unless maybe it's trying to scan the file at the same time iTunes is looking for it. You mentioned that it happens every week... is it the same day every week? Same time of day.. or random? If it does seem to happen at the same time each week, you might need to change the time your Anti-virus is set to scan... just a thought.
In the meantime, I would do as Katrina suggested and keep a backup of your ITL file. You'd need to make a new copy each time you change something in iTunes though...
When did this start... was it after an iTunes update? Or were there any other changes made to your computer at that time? XP is picky in that ANY little change can affect seemingly unrelated programs.

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