How can I delete songs from my iTunes Library & Computer

I've read that you need to have your music within the iTunes media folder.
My iTunes media folder is C:\Music
My music is scattered about this folder in subfolders like C:\Music\MP3\Rock & C:\Music\Mp3\Reggae...etc yet it doesn't ask me if I'd like to send the track to the recycle bin when I delete something.
I was hoping to use the song rating system to easily identify songs I want to remove from my computer but it won't work if it only deletes the song from my library.
Thanks

If iTunes is connected to files outside the designated iTunes Media folder then it won't offer to delete them when the tracks are removed from the library. See KillSelectedFiles for a tool that can do this.
Alternatively you could consolidate your library so that all tracks are inside the media folder, but the downside with that is that you then have to hunt down the originals to delete. Or, instead of using iTunes own consolidate command, you could use my script ConsolidateByMoving.
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