Itunes doesnt detect music, even though the file wasnt moved or changed

hi guys my itunes is annoying the **** out of me.... for some reason i get teh exclamation point next to my song files even though i never changed or move the actual song file....
is it because i have too many songs in the folder?
is there like a program that helps itunes search for the song??
thanks

Same thing, and it's driving me crazy too! It only happens to my Podcast files though. I haven't done anything special to the file (other than maybe listent to it), but then sometimes the file will get the exclamation point. Then when I click on CTRL-I / Get Info, and it let's me find the file. When I look in the folders, I notice that iTunes has RENAMED the file! What's up?!

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