Copying Computer to Computer

I need to make some spac on my laptop, so I followed the steps in this article: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1751
It was important to me to not only move my files but also have a reliable backup on an external drve. Problem is, at the VERY last step I'm getting no response. When I hold shift and open itunes, I go through the steps to select the itunes library that hides in the itunes folder but nothing happens......
The file I select is essentially /....../my music/itunes/itunes library.itl. Am I missing something here? Why would this not be working? Is there another way to make this work? It's extremely frustrating because this is the very last step in the process. Any help appreciated.....
I am moving from a MAC to a Windows PC if that matters....

Usually I just use dropbox.

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