How to change the location of where Itunes saves applications?

Hi! Im trying to change where itunes saves the applications for my ipodtouch but i cant change it. I can change where itunes can save songs. You go to preference and then adavanced. But, it still doesnt work!? can you please help me!! thank you!

I was trying to sort the same thing for my bro's library on his work laptop PC. They deleted half his apps because they were taking to much space on his network profile.
iTunes preferences allows you to change the folder that the music is saved to just nothing else.
You've said that: "Music, TV Shows, Movies, Audiobooks, applications and everything else are all stored together by iTunes." Can I move this entire library from the network drive it sits on to the laptop's C: drive? If so, how? Or is it as simple as drag and drop like it probably would be on my Mac lol.
Thanks, Jon

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