Strange problem with iTunes.

When I started iTunes on my PC, instead of displaying the iTunes console normally, an iTunes "import" window displayed (that I've never notice before) with a activity bar indicating it was working. (The window also had a "Cancel" button on it).
I was busy with other things, so I left it alone. 15 minutes later, it's still running. This has never happened before. Even when auto-syncing with my iPod it never takes that long, do I clicked the "Cancel" button to cancel the import.
I then started iTunes a 2nd time. This time the iTunes console displayed normally. Only now, none of my music/videos/podcasts display in the console. I checked my iTunes music folder on my PC and all of my material is still there. It just doesn't display in my iTunes console.
NOTE: I did a search on my C drive for all files containing the word "iTunes" and found a damaged itl library file named "iTunes Library (Damaged).itl".
Could this be my problem, and if so, does anyone know how it can be repaired or recreated?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the feedback, but it wasn't what I was looking for. I needed a SME to respond. Someone with technical aptitude who knows the iTunes product. The simple answer (which was what I got) was to just start over and re-import everything. Wrong.... That's exactly what I was trying to avoid. I was trying avoid re-importing all 2100 peices of media.I solved the problem on my own.
Solution: I took the damaged library file, "iTunes Library (Damaged).itl", renamed it back to "iTunes Library.itl" to hopefuly trick iTunes into believing it was just incomplete. And low and behold, when I started iTunes, it restarted importing the library. It took a lot longer because once it finished importing the rest of the media files (music, videos, podcasts) into the library, it check each one individually for potential damange. I'm all set not. Problem solved.

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