Embed artwork to itunes track while transfer

Hi All,
I have downloaded some iTunes album artwork by clicking on menu item Advance->Get Album Artwork, and then there were some artworks shown in itunes tracks but they were not embedded into each track they are actually being refferred from the location /Users/username/Music/iTunes/Album Artwork/Download...and then some .itc file which contains some compressed data.Now what i want is i have to transfer those files to some windows machine with artwork embedded in them but after transfer i have to again remove the artwrok from mac machine so that again itunes share it from same location i.e. ..../Download (just for not increasing the size of tracks by embedding artworks).I need to do this either by applescript or by programming can any one help me out its urgent and i think i have been able to explain my problem.
Thanks...

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Good to have a recommendation, but unfortunately i'm not currently running Windows.
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