How to Move My Library to a New Location

The title is a bit misleading. This is actually related to a previous discussion I started but never got any feedback on.
Here is the situation:
I have iTunes Match.
For whatever reason, my iTunes library got hopelessly muddled and confused. Probably user error.
I decided to move the library to a new location (different external hard drive).
I completely uninstalled iTunes and all Apple software from pc. (yes, i have a mac but easier to keep this on the desktop).
I reinstalled iTunes, but something is still there, because my library immediately showed up. I turned off iTunes Match, updated the preferences to point to the new location and turned iTunes Match back on.
iTunes does not "see" my new library location, and tells me that all music is only in the cloud.
How can I make it re-scan the hard drive and recognize that the music is all there?
The big problem this causes is that, as I add music, it's impossible to tell what is really physically there and what needs to be downloaded.
Thanks for any suggestions or help. Perhaps I need to uninstall in a more thorough way, if so, I welcome help with that.

Thanks Cander.
I've been syncing my iPod this way since I first got my 3Gen iPod a few years ago (i'm on my 4th ipod) - and I know they've made improvements to iTunes.
Is there a better way to achieve what I wanna do with just 1 computer?
Is there a way to manage 2 or 3 iPods on 1 computer using seperate "itl" or "xml" files for each iPod's library?
As it is now, I still have to go to My wife's computer and "add files or folders" to her library to get the newest tracks to add to her library - and over the network, it could take a full day If I did the whole library. Instead I write down what I've added on my Mac and just go through on her computer and add those folders.
I've read some things about holding down a "shift" or "command" key to select a library on iTunes startup... (part of my discovery on how I F-ed up my library when moving it in the first place)
Would this be the way to achieve that?
Can I have 3 seperate data files that manage the preferred tracks for 3 different iPods?
Would I have to update all 3 data files or would they all stay current when I added tracks?
EDITED - well wait...!
I'm reading this:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300432

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