Front row not playing ball !! (or even beach ball)

hey i got a mini !! and thats cool!!
but i'm a bit limited for space so i hooked it up to an WD external H/D ..
so all my avi movies are on the external , but front row only wants to read my internal H/D movie folder !! how do i get it to read my external movie folder instead!! ?? any ideas!!
had a look on the thread , but no related topics... i'm thinking it may be some kind of itunes fix??

hey cool!! solved it my self!! simple solution,
go to the external h/d movie folder you want in front-row go to actions click "make alias" (windows speak a "readable short cut") drag the alias folder to your internal movie folder.... now front-row will read your external hard drive movie folder!!

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