Playlists have disappeared!!!

I have , after much meddling, managed to move my media files to another location. However I have somehow lost my playlists...some of them are partially there, but the majority have gone. They are all on my ipod, but I would like them in my library. Can anyone help me???

Did you look at that link I posted?
There is a workaround in the first post without reading the whole thread.
+... got into the habit of copying the four main iTunes files to a different directory each time I used iTunes so I could restore it by copying them back to the main iTunes directory.+
You could try that. Copy these 4 files to a safe folder the Vaio software doesn't know about. Make a new folder in Windows Explorer. Name it something like C:MusicBackup.
Copy these 4 files to it BEFORE you close itunes.
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Library .xml
iTunes Genius.itdb
iTunes Extras.itdb
Next time if you open itunes and it is blank, close itunes down and restore those 4 files.

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