External drive storage & iTunes still shows up on PC hard drive @##$^&!!!!

I am sure someone has already encountered this and solved the problem, so please point me in the correct direction. I have a laptop with a 40G internal HD, an external 180G HD and a 60G iPod. You can see I want/need/have to have iTunes (the library) reside on the external HD _ONLY_ if I want to fill up my iPod. I loaded iTunes on the external (repeatedly) and moved it from the laptop internal only to have it reappear in my laptop everytime I access iTunes to download or anything else. I once deleted iTunes directly from the laptop and I had to re-load my library from my iPod (a painful process).
So, how do I keep iTunes from showing up on my laptop (the library) and eating up my HD space there?
thanks,
Stuck in St. Louis

You don't install iTunes on the external.
You put the library and music on the external.
To move your iTunes music...
1 - Quit iTunes.
2 - Move the entire iTunes folder including music to the external drive.
Click on the iTunes icon to start it, then immediately press an hold the Shift key in Windows, Option key in Mac.
3 - iTunes will ask to *Create new library* or *Choose existing library*. Select *Choose existing library* and select the library in the folder you just moved.
4 - Move the old iTunes folder to the trash but do not empty it.
5 - Restart iTunes normally and verify the songs work. If they do, empty the trash.
Note that the external must be connected, powered up and online BEFORE you start iTunes.

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