ITunes is recognizing/using an OLD Library of mine.

The Hard Drive (HD) of my iMac (2008) recently died, but I use an external HD to keep and organize all of my iTunes files.
I had the HD replaced and I am in the process of setting up my computer as if it were new.
Since my iTunes files and folders are located on an external HD, I opened the iTunes application while holding the "option" button.
Upon being prompted, I selected "Choose Existing" Library.
Everything seemed to have loaded correctly; however, upon using iTunes, I noticed that not all of my playlist had loaded.
I further noticed that not all of my music or movies had loaded either.
It appears that "recent" imports or purchases or created playlists are missing.
I double checked the pathway, which iTunes is using to locate my files and it is correct.
I also double checked to make sure that the movies and music that my Library hadn't loaded were still located on the external HD and they were there.
My assumption at this point is that iTunes loaded and is using an old Library of mine.
How can I have it recognize the most recent Library and thus load the missing music, movies and playlists?
I have no idea how to fix this issue and would appreciate anyones help.
Thanks,
stephan

Seems that you want to hide to remove the warning and avoid the users' concern. However, there is no GPO/registry key could turn it off. Sorry.
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