Duplicate Song sol'n  w/o losing playlists?  Apple please provide feedback.

Will this work?
1. Export playlists to Desktop.
2. Delete all songs from iTunes library.
3. Re-import all songs to iTunes library.
4. Import playlists.
In doing 1-4, I think I can successfully delete all duplicates and maintain my playlists, however, I am hesitant to try it without comfirmation.
Please confirm!
Thank you!

You don't specify what kind of duplicates you are trying to get rid of.
If it appears that the same exact file is appearing twice in iTunes, or a copy of the same song file appears twice (e.g. "song.mp3" and "song 1.mp3", then you can use a program I wrote to delete duplicates. Download the zip here:
http://home.comcast.net/~teridon73/itunesscripts/index.html#itunesremoveduplicates
Extract the EXE and run it, then select "itunesremoveduplicates" from the menu. When asked, select the Library playlist (option 1).
HTH
Rob

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