Where has my itunes gone from my computer

i have turned on my computer this morning to upload a CD. However my itunes isnt showing on my desktop and i cannot find it anywhere.
Soooooo F in frustrating.
I have recently downloaded Skype. Would this have anything to do with it.?

How ironic as my daughter is re-loading every single song back on her laptop. Coincidence that it occurred on the same day? I don't have any answers as we scramble to turn on our family sharing ....now if we can just find that switch

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iTunes Files to Copy and Move to your New PC (for iPod, iTouch &/or iPhone – use as needed)
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2) All Application Files in their current folder structure (usually located in the ‘Mobile Applications’ folder)
3) All Album Artwork Files in their current folder structure (usually located in and under the ‘Album Artwork’ folder)
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5) The Library XML file: ‘iTunes Music Library.xml’ located in the ‘iTunes’ folder
6) The iTunes Library Extras.itdb and iTunes Library Genius.itdb files, also in the ‘iTunes’ folder
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9) The XML file of Ratings, Play Counts and Last Played attributes saved from the main Library and created by Otto’s SaveRatings script (also optional, but recommended):
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