How to open itunes library on different computer?

Hello all.
I have my itunes library on an ext HD. I was running it on a old, pre-intel G5.  I tunes version is very old.  OS is old. Computer has crashed, I cannot provide versions numbers, or more machine info.
I would like to open the itunes library on ext hd on a different computer (mac mini) running itunes 10.
I have tried to point itunes to itunes folder on hard drive.  itunes recognizes the new location (change itunes location in preferences)  However, when I restart itunes, my ext library itunes files do not show.
Please advise.
GC

Those boxes are checked like in the screen cap.  A lot of the exclaimation points went away, but it's now not recognizing podcasts I already had in my library. I looks like to would have to re-download all of them.  Some regular music tunes still are not found. Need to manually locate them
I think the checkbox setting applies to all files that are downloaded from here on out, but not the old stuff.
Years ago, I had to manually locate all the files and it was a major PITA.  I think there were never organized properly in the first place, so the problem continues to haunt me.

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