Duplicate files in windows but not in itunes

Here's a thorny problem! My library is taking up about twice what i reckon it should be. I have 3888 tunes, which is taking up 23.56 gb according to itunes. If I click on properties of my itunes folder at windows level it confirms this. I have no duplicate tunes in my library and if i look at the files at windows level there are no duplicates. However, if I do a search in windows for a tune (and this applies to all the tunes i searched) it shows two files, both of the same name and the same size, in the same folder within itunes. So it seems that my files are being duplicated within my itunes folder, but the duplicates don't show up in itunes or windows (i have 'show hidden files' selected in folder options). Any takers? All help greatly appreciated!

Try this first...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, test in safe Mode.

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