Duplicate folders in iTunes after migrating my library

Hello,
I got a new computer, still Windows XP Pro, and install iTunes 9.0.2.25 in it, and import my library, problem is I'm having duplicated folders (Music Videos, My Top Rated, Recently Added, and so on ...)in iTunes. All my music is there and iTunes is working fine, I just want to find a way to delete the duplicated folder entries, any ideas???

I'm having the same issue. You search and search under support and nothing tells you how to delete the duplicate folders. I've got 3 different Itunes library, music, the list goes on and I need to know where these should really reside in my computer, under my programs\Itunes or what because if I delete one from any of the files to test it the song won't play under itunes. Why is this so complicated? Itunes support provides no instruction on where the files should be and how to get rid of the duplicates without killing the song under Itunes. This is making me nuts and it's eating up an extra 8Gb on my computer.

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