Finding all of my existing WMA's and converting them to itunes

When I launched itunes for the first time, it asked me if I wanted to find and convert existing audio files. I said yes, and the program located thousands of files and began converting wma's. I stopped it after a couple of hours, and everything that wasn't converted yet is now no longer showing up in queue in itunes. Is there a way to have itunes search my computer for these files and begin converting again, or do I now have to manually select every file I want to convert?

You could try resetting your preferences files, but that may start iTunes converting all the .WMA files from the start. But it may not. Not sure.
Resetting the iTunes Preference Files:
-- Quit iTunes
-- Delete C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iTunes.pref
-- Delete C:\Documents and Settings\<your username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Apple Computer Inc\iTunes.pref
You may need to enable 'Show Hidden Files/Folders' in Windows Explorer==>Tools menu==>Folder Options==>’View’ tab before you can see the Application Data & Local Settings folders.
This will force iTunes to run the setup assistance the next time you open it. You'll have to go back and re-set any preferences you want changed from the iTunes default. When you restart iTunes, it will perform its initial startup process. You can now let iTunes search for your music files.

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