Restore iTunes genius data from backup

Hi, I turned off genius in iTunes, didn't really think it through and am debating turning it on again. I have mirror backups of my library and would like to know if its safe to just restore the library to its old self rather than manually turning on genius and waiting a long time for the results. I'm assuming its safe though deleting the genius data seems to take much longer than expected and I'm wondering whether there is more to it than just a simple restore.
Thanks

No. Contact the app developer to see what the issue is.

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