Sync missing playlists

I like to manage music on my iPod with playlists. When I attach my iPod to my Mac, the list of playlists available to sync is missing some of the playlists I created. For example, I create 6 playlists in iTunes but only 3 of them show up in the list of playlists when I select Sync by playlist.
Went into the Apple Store to meet the so-called Genius. After an hour and a quarter, the only suggestion he could come up with was to wipe my Mac clean and re-install the OS. I decided on a different approach by creating a new user, then copying my music to a shared drive, and pointing my iTunes for the new user to the music folder on the shared drive. Still getting the same problem.
I'm running iTunes 10.7 (21) on OS X 10.6.8. (Snow Leopard) on an Intel iMac.
Does anyone have any idea what's going on?
Thanks

i am not even getting playlists to choose, only voice memos.
Not even a playlist heading

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Removing and re-installing iTunes can be a challenging endeavor and has to be done in a very particular way. The following Knowledge Base article provides a clear, step-by-step process of removing iTunes:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1926
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