How to mass tell iTunes where moved songs can be found

I am moving songs from my computer to my external hard drive, and of course iTunes does not know where I moved the songs to. I was wondering if there was an easier way to tell iTunes where the entire CD was located as opposed to clicking on the explanation mark next to each song and doing it individually song by song.
Thanks in advance.

Yeah, there is a way. Go to the preferences (I think it is in the edit menu for Windows machines). Click on the advanced tab and you can change the location of the iTunes music folder.

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