ITunes Multiple Account Issue

Hello All
I recently purchased an I Phone. I've installed I Tunes on my PC and have had no issues. My wife decided to try to create her own play list to be used with her Ipod. Now her play list name is on the top of Itunes and I've had no success getting back to what was my play list on my Iphone. I've tried to delete some audio and video in this play list on my phone and they are still on the phone. When I try to sync items, I'm asked if I want to delete my library and config with this one. I've tried to search on my PC to look for file that my library was named but have had no success. I would appreciate any help on how to maintain separate accounts for the Ipod and Iphone.

Okay, the standard location for an iTunes library file on XP is in:
C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\
(Where <username> is the name of the user account in which you created your library.)
So, quit out of iTunes (if you had it open).
Hold down your Shift key and go "Start > All Programs > iTunes > iTunes".
Click choose library.
Browse to C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\. Do you find library files there? If so, try opening the one just called "Library" (that's the default name for an iTunes library). Does your music come up?

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