Windows Installer restarted my computer, now iTunes doesn't show anything

I run Windows Vista and have iTunes 9.
While I was sleeping last night, Windows Vista decided to restart my computer. When I woke up, I turned it back on, but iTunes was coming up without actually showing the library or any of the words on the sidebar. The pictures will show up, and when I highlight a certain category, the words will show up, but otherwise, it's blank. Everything seems to still be intact, but even restarting hasn't reset iTunes to where I can actually see it. This is a picture of what I see here: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v471/rupfan01/craaaaap.jpg
I downloaded the install again, but I'm afraid I'm going to lose my library if I run it. Any suggestions?

I haven't seen exactly this before.
I guess if iTunes was open when Windows crashed, something may have got damaged.
There are several thing you could try.
Try deleting the preference files.
You need to close iTunes and make hidden files visible first.
For Vista the files are called iTunesPrefs.xml and they are in:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Apple Computer\iTunes
and
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes
If that doesn't work try rebuilding your library using the method in the following article. However I would drag BOTH library files to the desktop rather than deleting the itl file - in case it doesn't work and you want to use the old files again.
Recreate iTunes library instructions
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451
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