Updated iTunes and my library is gone now...

I updated my iTunes on my iMac to the 10.3.1 version.  When I went to reuse it again after rebooting, I noticed my desk top was wiped clean and placed into a folder called "Desktop" in my HD.
Then when I went to open iTunes, it opened as if I had never had iTunes installed on my comp before.  My music was wiped out, playlists gone, etc..  I found my music on my HD, however I could not get iTunes to load up with my personal information.  What did I do wrong?  Or what can I do to get my iTunes back to what it was (with playlists, play counts, music, album art, etc.) 
**I think I made a mistake by dragging my music from  my HD into iTunes...**
I also noticed that my desktop was restored with my files and folders again when I rebooting my computer for the second time...and these items were no longer placed in a "Desktop" folder on the HD. 
Not sure what's going on with that iTunes update.
I also have a Time Machine...so if need be I can restore my computer back to what it was before I updated iTunes, right?  And if I do...how do I prevent this whole issue from happening again when I update iTunes?
Thanks so much for your time everyone...hope someone can help!

Sounds like Itunes lost your Library file right after update for some reason. You should not have copied the music again. Quit Itunes, In finder go to where your music is stored and drag the Itunes library file from there to the desktop. In the Itunes Folder, open the Previous Music library sub -folder and see the library file w/the date of when you upgraded Itunes (not the one where you dragged the music back in). Drag this file from this inside folder to the Itunes Folder and name it Itunes Library. Now open Itunes and it should be all there.If  it it did not help, may yyou used the wrong "previous library file" You could check your library files to find the one you need--Quit Itunes and launch it while holding Option button, click on Choose library and navigate to the Music/Itunes folder and go inside the Previous Music and try one of those library files to see if they have your staff as you remember it. If you find the correct one, you would need to switch your Itunes Library file w/the one you found (drage the original out of there and then put the one you found in its place adn name it Itunes library) and then switch Itunes library back to it.

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