How do I re-connect iTunes to my library on an external HD

I have already copied my library to an external hard drive and deleted the library from the hard drive on my laptop. I did this before I found out that there is a "command" within iTunes to do that automatically. My question is how do I re-establish connection between my iTunes and my library on the external hard drive. When I open iTunes now I see a exclamation point in the first column before the check box. I can still add tunes to the library but if I try to play a song it comes up with a message that says "The song could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" Please help.

Quit iTunes.
On the external drive;
1 - Create new folder called iTunes (or whatever you want).
2 - Move your music folder into this.
3 - Go to the the C: drive iTunes folder.
4 - Copy the iTunes library.itl file into the iTunes folder on the external drive.
5 - Start iTunes holding the Shift key.
6 - Select Choose existing library and select the iTunes library.itl file you just copied to the external.

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