ITunes location not in the my music folder?

My Itunes has been installed in the my music folder (I have XP) and worked until about yesterday, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but Itunes won't open now because it says the ITunes folder cannot be located, and that it should be in its default location (my music), so it will not open. Any ideas on what I can do?

Well, do you care about your ratings and playcounts? If so, try the press & hold thing again but instead, choose an existing ITL file and pick the "normal" one in your default itunes folder. Although that one may be corrupted and hwy you got that error in the first place.
On XP it's
C:\Documents and Settings\ username \My Documents\My Music\iTunes
There might be an ITL file in a subfolder named Previous iTunes Libraries that you could use.
If you don't care about ratings & other metadata, sure, go ahead and rebuild your new blank library. From Win Explorer, just drag your top-level music folder over ito the itunes window.
You don't have to add things one-by-one, in other words.

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Hello, Following are quick tips to try. Along with a knowledge article on how to completely remove itunes
1. Create a new user, attempt to launch iTunes and see if it opens
2. Run Disk Utility on the user account that is not able to open iTunes, relaunch after repairs are complete
3. Go to Applications - Move the iTunes application to trash, Reboot Mac, Download and install latest iTunes again and launch
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1224

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To learn how you can sync content to your iPad, please take a look at the support article linked to below.
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Don King Resurrected: Deleted files from hard drive (free user steps – music recovery only)
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Copying Songs from Your iPod to a Mac or PC (resource for 3rd party software)
iPodRip Software
PodUtil Software
Senuti (Mac OS X v10.3 or higher Recovery Utility)
XPlay (Software For Music Recovery &/or Cross-Platform Functionality)
XPlay Photo Browser (For recovering Photos)
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