Itunes Library is not at specified location--Can't find

Greetings All,
First of all I would like to say that I am an advanced user but my current issue has me absolutely stumped. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I recently changed computers and I won't bore you with the details, I run Itunes from an Ex. HD as the library is quite large. Now, Itunes says that the Itunes Media folder is located at E:\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music, which would be the folder on the EHDD. However, that folder is just an empty shell with no files. Also, when I go to File>Library>Organize Library, it says "Your media is already organized as an Itunes Media folder" even though the location at E: is not organized as such.
So Itunes plays, I just can't find the folder that it is playing from. It appears that Itunes is lying to me about the location of my folder. I have searched my entire computer (including hidden files) for .m4p files and nothing comes up. *Yet Itunes plays.* At this point I would like to just start all over with Itunes but I can't find my library....
any suggestions??

Here is an update. The folder is at the specified location however it can be viewed. The only way that I found the folder is by typing the location into the RUN command on the start menu.
How do I unhide this folder? I went into folder options and display hidden folders is checked?

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