Itunes and Organizing Media/music

Hi,
i want my itunes media/music to be in c:\users\<myuser>\music
but everytime i add music to my libaray it kepts putting it in c:\users\<myuser>\music\music
why is it creating that extra music folder?
my itunes media folder is set to c:\users\<myuser>\music
i just don't understand whats going on
any help would be greatful

Here are typical layouts for the iTunes folders:
If you have upgraded from version 8 (or earlier) to iTunes 9 (or later) at some point, then your media folder (everything inside the red outline) may still be called iTunes Music instead of iTunes Media (or in your case it is just Music). The extra Music folder inside the media folder is used if you have allowed iTunes to Upgrade to iTunes Media Organization (iTunes 9) or used File > Library > Organize Library > Reorganize files in the folder "<Media Folder>" (iTunes 10). Depending on your choices for Keep iTunes Media folder organized andCopy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library plus a little bug in which one build changed the name of the file storing the choice of layout it is quite easy for some of your files to be organized according to one layout and some the other.
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