Windows My Music folder MIA

Hello everyone.
I have a small problem on my hands here. On my work computer, the latest version on itunes was installed and working properly until the network guys came in to do some routine maintenence on everyones computer. After those guys were here, itunes would not open and I got an error message saying "The iTunes folder could not be found or created. The default location in in the My Music folder."
So I checked and my My Music folder was not there at all. it was not in the recycle bin either. I tried using tweakUI to reassign my My Music folder, but the special folder dialog does not even have the My Music folder as an option to change.
Any ideas?
I've tried re-downloading and re-installing, i found some setup files from older versions of itunes and tried intalling those. Everytime I get the same message.
By the way, all my mp3s are still okay. I had them in a separate folder on the hard drive. I'm stuck using MediaPlayer, and that alone is making me want to throw up.
Anyway, the only other thing I can think of is doing a re-intall of windows (or perhaps a repair install) to get that f-ing My Music folder back. But that is the absolute last resort, and it would now have to be done by our "network guys".
I'm lost and frustrated. Please help.
Dell Windows XP Pro

If you cannot see the ‘My Music’ folder within the TweakUI drop-down selection, proceed on to the following:
1 On the start menu go to ‘Run’
2 Type in RegEdit
3 Navigate in RegEdit to HKEYCURRENTUSER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders
4 Delete any entry for ‘My Music’
5 Navigate up the tree to HKEYCURRENTUSER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
6 Make sure there is an entry for ‘My Music’ and is pointing to C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\My Documents\My Music (you can edit the value by double clicking it)
7 Close RegEdit
8 Reboot
iTunes &/or TweakUI should now be able to find the folder.

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