How do I delete the duplicate items in my library on the new iTunes?

I just backed up my library on a new external hard drive and noticed that all my media is doubled up. Aside from going through each item is there a way to do this on the latest version of itunes. There use to be a way via the file and clicking on duplicates items....Please help I have over 20000+ items!!!

Apple has removed that feature along with several others, but
(5/12/2012) Missing 'Find Duplicates' feature in iTunes 11 to be restored - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-57557280-263/missing-find-duplicates-featur e-in-itunes-11-to-be-restored/ "Some of the features Apple has removed from iTunes will see a return, but others may indicate changes to come elsewhere in Apple's product lines."
Until then you will have to resort to sorting by a particular label such as artist and manually scanning, third party utilities such as Dougscripts Dupin to deal with duplicates, or revert back to iTunes 10.7.
Somewhere you're not doing something correctly. Backing up a library should not produce duplicates. There's no way it can.

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Add-PSSnapin microsoft.sharepoint.powershell
$web = Get-SPWeb -Identity "http://zapltvsspdev02:4333/bu/EXCO"
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$AllDuplicates = $list.Items.GetDataTable() | Group-Object INumber | where {$_.count -gt 1}
$count = 1
$max = $AllDuplicates.Count
foreach($duplicate in $AllDuplicates)
$duplicate.group | Select-Object -Skip 1 | % {$list.GetItemById($_.ID).Delete()}
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$count++
Remove-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
Note:
In the above code, duplicates are found using the "INumber" column.
valmiki

check this
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Apple's official advice is here... HT2905 - How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library. It is a manual process and the article fails to explain some of the potential pitfalls.
Use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items to display duplicates as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks, however this works best when performed immediately after the dupes have been created. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin.
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(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
tt2

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After I had updated to Itunes 11 (also on Windows 7), I had the same experience, but I suspect that it was because I accepted a proposal to set up an external media library in order to simplify security backups. An associated result was that I had lost all of my playlists!
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As Jim said View > Show Duplicates
or
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@Blouwagie:
You should always make a bootable backup BEFORE you do major updates.
If things go wrong you can always revert to what you had previously.
You can do this with Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper. (I use CCC for a long time, and I'm very satisfied about it, I can recommend it)
It used to be donation ware, but now you need to pay a small fee. Not a big price for always knowing you're safely backed up.
If you don't have a bootable clone from before the update, and would like to revert to 10.7, check this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4560565
seems to work.
didn't need it myself since I waited to update, I always check this forums first to find out what are the issues/bugs. When there seems to be none or little problems, I update. I've learned my lesson long time ago. Patience is a good thing...
So, always backup. More important than your changing underwear daily. Time machine isn't enough. Make two bootable clones. One at your place and one at a different location (theft, fire, ...), you can always revert from there.
+Send Apple your feedback.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html

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When deduping use Shift > View > Show Exact Duplicate Items as this is normally a more useful selection. You need to manually select all but one of each group to remove. Sorting the list by Date Added may make it easier to select the appropriate tracks. If you have multiple entries in iTunes connected to the same file on the hard drive then don't send to the recycle bin. Use my DeDuper script if you're not sure, don't want to do it by hand, or want to preserve ratings, play counts and playlist membership. See this thread for background and please take note of the warning to backup your library before deduping.
(If you don't see the menu bar press ALT to show it temporarily or CTRL+B to keep it displayed)
See also HT2905: How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library
tt2

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