Destination for media files changed unexpectedly

My iTunes media files are stored on a NAS. Recently, for the second time, I have seen (annoyingly after importing new music files) that the address specified for the iTunes Media folder location in iTunes Preferences has somehow changed to point to the default value on the internal disk. The first time this happened I thought that it might have been due to the NAS not being accessible when iTunes was started (though I don't find it acceptable that the address is changed without any warning). As far as I know, this wasn't the case when the problem arose for a second time. Both times the problem was on an iMac running Mavericks. I haven't had the trouble (as far as I know) on my older iMac with Snow Leopard.
Has anyone else had similar trouble or an explanation for the problem?

As soon as I had posted this I found this other thread that probably explains the problem: https://discussions.apple.com/message/18703603#18703603
Any other tips gratefully accepted, though. I still don't find it right that the address of the media folder is changed without any warning.

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