My computer rebooted and now I have an older itunes library!

My computer rebooted a couple of days ago and when I logged back in it looked like itunes was starting from scratch. My library opened up and I saw there was music there and didn't pay much attention until today. I tried to play a song and it couldn't be located in my library. I looked at my playlists and I haven't seen them in over a year. I'm guessing somehow my itunes library reverted to an older version. Why did this happen? APPLE fix these update issues! How do I change the library I am using to the other version? I have backups but I would like to see what it is I am supposed to do.

You can search for another library using the start/search function. You want to search for files named *.itl
When you find the library file you want to use, click on the icon to open itunes and then press and hold the shift key. Keep holding the shift key and you will get a message to choose or create a library. Navigate to the library file you found and select it. Then click open.

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