My Library isnt showing any of my files or playlists!

In a recent attempt to save some space on my C drive, I moved the iTunes folder out of My Documents and into a seperate drive on my partitioned hard drive. I went into the preferences menu to change the location that iTunes looks for the the playlist information to the new location, but it now doesnt show any of my music or playlists. When I moved everything back to the original location, it still didnt revert back. How can I fix this?

Hello pearlygirl_2009,
If you've recently installed an update to iTunes, the following article may be of some assitance in restoring your content to your library.
No content shows up in iTunes after updating
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1967
However, if that doesn't return your music to iTunes, you may want to see if it's still where it would've been stored on your hard drive.
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Cheers,
Allen

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