How to move iTunes folder to second user account

I upgraded to Win 7 and created two user accounts.  The home account has the iTunes folder.  I want to keep two separate iTunes accounts, one for each user.  How do I safely move the iTunes folder from user 1 to user 2?

You can copy it the public folder, then log in to the other user and copy it into the users Music folder.
If they don't already have any music loaded, you can drag the original iTunes folder to the desktop and replace it with the one you copied to the Public folder.
Alternatively, you could keep all the music files in the public folder and let each user have their own library database that uses the public folder for the music files.
This article should give you some ideas:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495?viewlocale=en_US

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