Itunes Folder help

I have all my music on an ext HDD. I have my itunes media folder directed to it.
When i try to play music, itunes cant find.
Many of the files have the wrong path and are still looking in local discs.
Can someone please tell me how to keep itunes looking only in the ext HDD for music?

killerkris14 wrote:
I DONT WANT ITUNES FOLDER IN MY BEATS but i want all my songs on WMP AND ITUNES
what do i do to make them work in harmony?? lol
First, go into iTunes Edit > Preferences > Advanced and make sure that both "Keep..." and "Copy..." are *not checked*.
Then go into WMP and make sure that any Library options that deal with automatic tag updates or automatic retrieval of info from the internet are *not checked.*
Then, for any new music that you add to iTunes, it will use the same existing copy that WMP is using. Also, with all those options turned off, neither iTunes not WMP will make any changes that mess up the other.
Of course, changing options does not rearrange anything that is already in the library, so you may have some initial cleanup to do.

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From the top of the page where the scripts live...
The general method of use is to download the script to a folder of your choice, e.g. your Desktop, Downloads folder or create a folder at ...\iTunes\Scripts. Select a playlist or highlight some tracks in iTunes and then double-click on the script to execute it. If no specific tracks are selected the script will try to work with all tracks in the current playlist. Some scripts offer a choice of track by track confirmation of changes or fully automatic processing of the selection. Many of the scripts can optionally display a progress bar while running.
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Bugie: Perform a Thorough & Complete Uninstall and Reinstall of iTunes/QuickTime.
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