No music in iTunes after installing 9.1

When Software Update indicated that I had new iTunes software to install, I did it. I opened iTunes for the first time today since that install and I have absolutely no music in iTunes anymore. I have no idea what happened.

AbigailinAustin wrote:
Home (abigail) -> Documents -> iTunes -> iTunes Music.
by default, the path should be abigail/music/iTunes/iTunes music.
none of my playlists and purchased music showed up. However, the music still exists on my hard drive ... Any other suggestions on how to recover all my playlists and purchased music?
unless you can find @ least your .xml file, there is little alternative but to start with a new, empty library. fire up iTunes with the option key pressed and choose +create library+. then file > add to library and navigate to the folder containing your media files.
JGG

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