Recently Added Playlist Problems

through my own stupidity, i deleted the "Recently Added" playlist from itunes. i found this quite useful, particularly with the size of my itunes library and files not always being tagged properly.
any ideas on how to get that back? doesn't come back when i update itunes.....perhaps a complete uninstall/reinstall?
thanks in advance for any advice or ideas....

Reinstall not necessary. This is simply a smart playlist which you can re-build using the following criteria: "date added is in the last" & you pick the time frame, for example 2 weeks.

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    http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/8396/captureyy.png
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    http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/8201/capture2j.png
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