Library in Windows Explorer but not in iTunes

I can see my whole library in W.E. and play the songs from there. But when I launch iTunes, "Music" is empty and my self-created Playlists are not there.
I have re-installed iTunes. I have gone to Edit > Preferences > Advanced and made sure the library has the correct path. Please help!

Thank you for responding!
I did this...still nothing is there. (It gives me only one .itl file to choose.)
Let me back up a minute...the very first thing I did was transfer everything to my new iPod. That went well.
Then I wanted to put another family member's songs on his new iPod. All of his songs are in my library. I thought it would make syncing easier if we each had our own library so I created one for him. That is when MY library disappeared.
(While this was going on, I plugged in his new iPod to the computer to start charging it. It was set for manual syncing. Something was wrong...it did not charge.)
I can see things in Windows Explorer. The new library is Music > Steve's Library. My library is Music > iTunes. Both folders contain an .itl file. When I click on either of these files, iTunes launches but nothing is there.
I checked Music > iTunes > iTunes Music again...all the songs are there and I can play them from Windows Explorer so I know they are not corrupted.

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