Changing Libraries on one computer

Hi,
I set up my families iPods all wrong initially, not understanding how 'playlists' worked, I wanted to keep our songs separate (massively different tastes in music!).
instead of putting all songs into one library and creating playlists (which you would think makes the most sense), i created two accounts / libraries.... one for me and my son on our pc, and a different one for my husband on our laptop.
i have since managed (with the help of this forum) to merge the two libraries into one on the pc. however, whenever I open iTunes on the laptop it is still my husband's old library.
I have tried 'sharing' but this is not really the best option.
Could anyone please recommend a way to perhaps delete my husband's library entirely and just have the one on the pc and laptop.
thanks for any help (and my apologies for the lack of grammar.... i'm trying to cook dinner at the same time!!!).
Thanks,
Sam

SamCWH1977 wrote:
instead of putting all songs into one library and creating playlists (which you would think makes the most sense), i created two accounts / libraries.... one for me and my son on our pc, and a different one for my husband on our laptop.
It depends somewhat on family dynamics and the age(s) of the kid(s), but for most cases it is better to have separate libraries, so that each person can add, delete, or change whatever they want. As any of you buy new content, the others can get a copy via iTunes Home Sharing or other convenient means.
i have since managed (with the help of this forum) to merge the two libraries into one on the pc. however, whenever I open iTunes on the laptop it is still my husband's old library.
Close iTunes. Now hold down the Shift key and keep it held until iTunes comes up. It will present you a choice of libraries. The choice you make will be in effect each time you open iTunes, unless you change it by doing another Shift-Start.

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