Finding you iTunes Library folder (via "Go" menu)

I had a heck of a time finding the answer to this so I thought I put it on the Apple site to help others. For whatever reason if you need to find your iTunes Library folder, here's the article that helped me, in particular since under the latest OS (as of this date OS X Mavericks) you don't see "Go" menu for the Finder. You simply need to press Shift+Cmd+G to get the Go to window, and then type /Library. Tada! Here's the entire article for more: http://www.macworld.com/article/161156/2011/07/view_library_folder_in_lion.html
Thanks Dan Franks!
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Those TMP files point to a software conflict between itunes and some other program on your PC.
It could be security software like Norton, itunes plug-ins like lastfm, other media management software like Sony or Zune, speed-up-your PC kind of software like UniBlue, who knows what you have on your PC? ..... besides you.
Anyway, what is happening, is itunes closes and saves the ITL and XML files, and it makes a TMP file while doing so. When itunes finishes it tries to clean up and delete the TMP file, but something is not letting it.
You can try using MSCONFIG or SysInternal's FileMon to find what is causing this. Those methods are for advanced PC users, so post back if you want more info.
I see you are on itunes v6. If you had at least v7, you could just move your ITL file to another folder and fake the other software out. That is an easy workaround for new PC users, but it won't work with itunes v6.
With itunes 7 and later, you can press and HOLD the shift key to select a different itunes library:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iTunesWin/8.0/en/15502.html.

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