Lost library do to LimeWire

Maybe iTunes has some type of anti-theft device on its system now that prevents you from downloading illegal music...what version of iTunes did you say you had?
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i only got it because itunes didn't have any metallica and some other stuff

Remember the Metallica vs. Napster lawsuit?

That is the reason why you don't find Metallica on iTunes. Because of people stealing their music they don't want their music available for download.

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It's all still there, somewhere.
Open My Music and see what's happened to your iTunes folders.

You could always backup your music by purchasing the original CDs from a music shop.

Hiya Robin.

I won't get into the potential problems with p2p apps except to say:

Sometimes they can give you nasties that can do bad things to your PC.

Whil it is possible you picked up something like that, I think it more likely that the script in the application you were using just messed up iTunes and the music is still there.

The easiest will be to look for the purchased music. Do a search for files ending in ".m4p". Those are the purchased files. The rest end in either ".m4a" or ".mp3". This will let you know that the music is still there and give you an idea of where your computer keeps the music.

The default location for the music in iTunes is in your "My Music" folder. Open that, then double click on the folder called "iTunes". Inside that is a folder called "iTunes Music". In that is where iTunes stores all your music unless you changed the location.

Is it there?

To add it back, drag the folder called "iTunes Music" into the open iTunes program. iTunes will go through and add each song back.

Let me know how this goes, and I can help you with some things that will help keep your music safe the next time something happens. 😉