Music won't play after deleting a duplicate file.

I am using the latest version of iTunes on a PC running Vista. I found I had two copies of a tune so I used the iTunes delete function to get rid of the duplicate. I responded "yes" to the two prompts, one to delete from the library, the other to delete the file. The delete progress bar showed and took about a minute to delete one file.
I then tried to play a tune in the same album but, while the little speaker icon showed, the music would not play.
I tried other tunes and the same problem occured.
I exited iTunes and restarted it and everything played as normal.
I then found another duplicate in another album and went through the same process, with the same results.
Is this a bug? If so, how do I report a bug?
P4   Windows Vista  

I had some similar issues after updating to iOS5: slow app responses, crashes (never crashed ever before), shutdowns. I also was having some music issues. During a recent sync I realized that I also had NO memory left as the new iOS had gobbled up anything remaining and was likely the culprit. Most issues were resolved after removing a large amount of photos and freeing up several GBs of space.
However, the music issue remained (extraordinarily erratic behavior and not playing at all for the most part). The specific remedy for that issue alone follows:
Altered from original solution from Emily P:
Okay, mine now works here is what I did.
plug in the iPhone, iPad etc
in iTunes select the phone or iPad
Under Summary uncheck "Sync with this....."
Under "Music" uncheck the "Sync Music"
Sync
Let it remove all the songs, dont worry it will come back no problems.
Once that is all done all the music on the phone or ipad should be gone.
Now check them both back on, sync, and everything should copy back onto it.
Working now !!!!!

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