Exclamation point but songs play one at a time?

I wish I could say that after all these years I am smart enough to navigate iTunes...
My setup is as follows: iTunes library is located on a Mac Mini, a couple of Macbooks on the network use iTunes and point to this library.
Almost every song in my library shows an exclamation point next to it on the Macbooks. However, if I double click on any song it WILL start playing. Once the song has played the exclamation is gone, but iTunes will not play the next song on the album, it plays the next song without an exclamation.
One thing to note. I take the Macbooks off the network to other places almost everyday. When I return this starts all over again. I was told once that I should close iTunes before I leave, so I have been doing that. Doesn't seem to make a difference.
Questions: Can I get rid of these exclamations somehow once and for all? If not, is there a quick way each day to just highlight the whole library and press something to get rid of the exclamations?

Are there check marks beside all the songs in the playlist? Unchecked songs have to be clicked on individually to play them, checked songs will play one after the other. If you hold down the CRTL key and click beside any song in your list then all the check boxes can be toggled on or off: iTunes - Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

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