Duplicate Library Entries Point to Same File

Hello,
Anyone out there have multiple entries in their main library that point to the exact same physical file? I have a few instances of this and it is little more than any annoyance. It does not appear to sync the same file multiple times to my ipod.
The one difference between the two references is that the directory separator on one of the locations uses all "\"'s whereas the other file has one "/" at the last parent directory.
It is quirky as is iTunes in general. Any feedback is appreciated.
-d

I had something similar, but not exactly. Some of the files showed up twice -- one path was the "long" path (say F:\mp3\Metallica\song file.mp3), and one was the "short" path (F:\mp3\METALL~1\SONGFI~1.mp3). But this only happened because I added my Music folder (F:\mp3) to iTunes again, even though most of the songs were already there. Obviously in most cases it worked fine.
Fortunately for me there were only a few like this, so I just removed them manually.

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