Can't change iTunes folder - Keeps copying apps/music to C: drive

I'm trying to keep all of my media organized - I have told iTunes to chage the drive and folder for my media, yet every time I download something, it is putting it into my C: dive (My Music) folder. How do I fix this?
I'm running Win7 64bit & 64bit iTunes

An "iTunes library" has to be understood as a combination of two things, the iTunes Music folder with all the music files and the iTunes Library file, which is a catalog of information about the music files that make up a particular library. (The .xml file is not critical but is automatically created by iTunes.) This description is a little simplistic, because the music files associated with a library can actually be located in multiple places, not just in the default music folder.
The location of the folder to which new music files are ripped is determined by the iTunes Music folder setting you described. The default location for the iTunes Library file is in the home/Music/iTunes folder--no matter where the iTunes Music folder is located. It is possible to keep the iTunes Library file in an alternative location; see below.
From what I can gather, in trying to relocate your music files, you also moved the iTunes Library file. This is not a big deal. In response, iTunes replaced it with a fresh iTunes Library file (but this would be empty).
Hold down the Option key when you open iTunes to have iTunes present you with the opportunity to navigate to and select your old library file that you relocated. Alternatively, find the old library file and copy (don't delete anything till you've got everything working again) it back to the default location at home/Music/iTunes.

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