How to move the Library in Windows- I don't care if I loose everything.

I've spent now at least two hours talking to tech support and scouring the boards and no dice.
Very simply:
D:\Music\iTunes is where the library is stored
D:\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music is where music is stored.
I want to change the location of the library to:
D:\iTunes
I don't care about the library content and I can move music files anywhere I want without any issue.
No matter what I do iTunes builds it's database in the D:\Music\iTunes folder.
This shouldn't be so hard to do that even Apple technical product support specialist have to escalate the issue for results... I'm still waiting for a reply.
Thanks in advance for any reply.

The riddle gets deeper.
Uninstall and Reinstall doesn't allow you to point to a new location again. It did when I first installed because it's not in a default location.
So I think to myself.. it's on the D: drive.. I assigned a differetn drive letter, M:, rebooted and launched iTunes. It says it can't find OR create the folder and doesn't launch.
So with the new drive letter I uninstall and reinstall again hoping it would allow me to select the location.
NOPE it remembers the location you first selected.
The Windows registry doesn't appear to have the location but perhaps it's in there in some machine only language. I don't know.
WHAT HOLDS THE POINTER TO THE iTunes Library!???

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