Suddenly iTunes doesn't 'see' my entire library though all the folders are still there

Help! all of a sudden, out of the blue, when I open iTunes, it only shows 5 albums in my library, most of which were purchased through iTunes, but not the entire collection of probably 75-100 CDs I had imported in over the last several years, nor any of the podcasts or anything else. All the files are still in my iTunes Media folder. It seems using the "import" file into library only works on individual files, and I'm certainly not going to reload them in song by song.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes, and added the folder back in from where I had copied it to. Still showing only the same 5 albums.
Please help!

this might help
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4905175

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