Error message: Song can not be found.

I went to play a song I originally purchased on iTunes years ago and have played many times, then got this error message:
"The song "White Room" could not be used because the original file could not be found."
What do I do now? Can I re-download the file from the music store? If so, how? Thanks.

Hello Auroria,
After reviewing your post, it sounds like you want to download a past purchase. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help the issue.
Download past purchases - Apple Support
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a nice day,
Mario

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Error message song could not be found

i am running latest version of itunes. I am unable to access tracks from itunes I keep getting error message the song could not be used because the individual file could not be located. I am able to play any track from the itunes music folder but not from itunes!!! i have reloaded itunes but makes no difference. once the track has been played from the itunes libary it can be played in itunes

jadeypup,
See if this article helps, many have had this issue resolved by "recreating the iTune Music Library"
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93313
Also, see this article for information on how to search the computer for the songs:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301749
Hope this helps,
Generik
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You get exclamation marks or dead tracks because iTunes can’t find the file. This can happen for a number of reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
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So did you change anything? If so can you put it back how it was?
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This fix loses all coutns, ratings and playlists.
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I would be concerned too if I was not able to play my music in iTunes. It sounds like the music files may be in a location that iTunes is not expecting. I recommend reviewing the following articles to locate you music files on your computer:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1408
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This "original file cannot be found" thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout,or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
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I EXPORTED one of the playlists that contains 2 of the above described problem songs. I converted the text file to a table and then noted that in the last column (column 27) that there is a PATH to the song. All other songs do not have this in the path. The path does not refer to the current location of the file, either.
The first song that this happened to does not appear on any playlists so I did not discover this.
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Hello,
I don´t know were to post this so I give it a try here:
I get a error message: RealPlayer: The file could not be found. The used link is outdated or incorrect. (below I see the link adress)
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Just spoke to Apple cust service (the tech at the Genius bar in the Arlington VA store could not figure it out).
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