This is really annoying me, came back to my computer after a few days of not using it and when I opened itunes none of my music or playlists were there. It was as if the program had been freshly installed. Although nothing has been done, no changes whatsoever.

I still have all the music in the original place and I have the original library files in the itunes folder (the .xml and .xtl ones) however when I copy them back to the itunes folder and run the program the files get moved straight to the recycle bin.

I haven't got a clue how to resolve this and it's driving me mad, never had a problem liek this before and cannot find a solution anywhere on the internet. Would be very grateful to anyone who can shed some light on how I can get itunes to use my library files again. Not keen on starting from scratch as I will lose all my playlists.