Reinstalled iTunes. Now it can't read the library

When i go to open iTunes I get the message "The file "iTunes Library" cannot be read because it was created by a newer version of iTunes." I did the latest updates to 10.5.8 then it was saying it was corrupted or not installed correctly so I re-installed iTunes and now this. Any suggestions?

Hi Lindsay,
What was the solution? I have the same problem.
Thanks
Mike.

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    Lease Expires:    Thu Jan 01 11:00:00 1970
    DNS Servers:    10.143.147.147
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    Subnet Mask:    0.0.0.0
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    Lease Obtained:    Thu Jan 01 11:00:00 1970
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    Active Connection:    PC
    Connected:    Yes
    Online:        Yes
    Using Modem:    Yes
    Using LAN:    No
    Using Proxy:    No
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    TLS 1.0 Support:    Enabled
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