Can't locate song issue

I Recently had a problem with my iTunes, the problem being that it wouldn't open when i clicked on the shortcut or tried opening it from start menu. I went: control panel > programs > selected iTunes > repair. To see if that would fix it, it didn't so I then just uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled it, now for nearly every song in my library; whether its from iTunes store or c.d's. I'm getting the 'could not be used as the orginal file could not be found' message. I've seen a few other people on these froums with this issue and I've tried the suggested method of fixing the problem (go to music > artists > albums > file) but that doesn't work on mine, there are none fo the songs that are having the issue in that folder. Anyone have any other ideas?

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