Adobe Lightroom can't find my iTunes music

I'm trying to use the feature in Lightroom to access my iTunes library to add music to a slideshow. I can do this with no problem on my MacPro at work. However, on my iMac at home, my music library is in the Shared folder so that my wife, with her own User Account, can access the same library. For some reason, Lr can't find it here.
any suggestions?

Found the answer. I had moved my iTunes library to the Shared user folder so that both my wife (on her account) and I could share the library. Apparently Lr still looks for it in the default iTunes Library folder. Once I moved it back there, it worked fine.

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I started with the first choice; however, none of the choices I made--all having to do with music, or iTunes, or both--were acceptable to the computer. I then tried the option of starting a new library, but that led me nowhere
How do I get my music back?

Zevoneer wrote:
Try holding down the Option key when opening iTunes. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to an existing one. The default location for your iTunes library is in User/Music/iTunes. Look in there and see if you have more than one library file. If you have more than one try opening them in turn, you may find your original library is still intact: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file
That worked--I think. By this I mean that I don't know if my library is now complete. I say this because I saw two or there libraries in the section you sent me to, and I'm now wondering what those other libraries contain, and how to consolidate all libraries into one should that be necessary.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4919
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1933
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(Lightroom 2; Macintosh G5; OS X (10.4.11))
First, the old problem which, though unresolved, is here mostly for background:
A little over a month ago, I posted a question (at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/480423?tstart=0 ).
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In the same collection where I noted the previous problem, I selected an image that I wanted to print. The preview came up with this message:
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I know I can print from Photoshop, or re-import this photo into Lightroom (along with any others that Lightroom "can't find"), though both would require time and re-editing the original. I would rather understand (if that's possible) why this is happening in the first place, so hopefully I can avoid such wackiness in the future.
I realize that may have to burn some sage and hire a Shaman, but any ideas that won't smoke up the house or scare the cats would be most welcome.
Thanks for reading.
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