Lost music when upgrading

Hi,
i just upgraded to 7.0.2.16. when i opened up itunes all of my music was gone. i managed to get it back by going to "add folder", but i still don't have any of my playlists or rating information. how can i get that info back?
ps:
my does apple make a simple upgrade such a pain in the ***?!

Hi
I had the same trouble upgrading from 7.01 to 7.02. I have tried copying files back from the previous itunes directory and deleting the new one, but it does not work. This does not suprise me completely, because if itunes was able to import the files, surely it would have done it in the first place.
The only think I can think is that I selected 'let itunes organise your music' option. perhaps I should have taken the manual approach like I normally do.
I have found my music and can play it. At least I didn't have too many playlists, but it does not encourage me to ues itunes as my default music player - which is what I was previously considering.

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