Help me Move iTunes to new laptop

I have iTunes running on the C drive of my old laptop with my library on an external hard drive. I am trying to move only Itunes to a new laptop while keeping the library on the external drive. I will not be using the old laptop after this move. So far I only have a an empty Itunes library and a hard drive full of songs. Help me get my music back, with all my playlists if possible.
Thanks You!
Dell Latitude Windows XP Laptop

Duh, Figured it out on my own, eventually. thanks everyone!

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