TS4062 my computer is no longer recognised as authorized to sync with my ipod touch after win 8.1 update

OK, I did a recommended upgrade from WIN8 to WIN8.1 - for those of you who havent and are considering it..DON'T!!!!!!!!!!
Amongst other problems, the i tunes store stops working, I even uninstalled and re installed..nothing helped, i tunes opens and then says this computer cannot sync with the ipod, go to i tunes store and go to Authorize this computer. I hit i tunes store in right hand corner, it starts to load then says itunes has stopped working blah blah....
So I can't put songs from my computer onto my ipod touch, and visa versa.
Has anyone else had this problem?

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device. You can skip the media recovery steps if everything is already in the library.
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