Purchased Music Playlist Deleted

It seems that my Purchased playlist from the Store menu is gone. How do I get it back?

It will re-appear on your next purchase.
In the meantime, you can create a new Smart Playlist and set as rule:
Kind - contains - protected
This playlist then will contain all your purchases and always will be up-to-date.
After your 'Purchased' playlist appears again, you can add your previous purchased music to it.
Although the 'Purchased' playlist is a special one, it behaves like a normal playlist and you can in fact add anything to it.
Hope this helps.
M

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