ITunes - Network drive synch - Move library.xml and library.itl

I have iTunes loaded on a work computer. They synch everything in the My Documents folder. The network guys are upset at the iTunes folder in My Music. I have the music actually on a different part of the hard drive that they do not synch, but they want me to move the itl and xml stuff too. How do I do that and keep iTunes working?

The XML & ITL file locations are hardwired into iTunes. It will only look in "My Documents\My Music\..." for those files. It is possible to change the Windows definitions for those special system areas (My Docs & My Music), but then your IT team will be even angrier with you. In fact, they likely have the system protected such that you cannot change those system definitions.
Your company has the right to tell you not to load software on your system, so unless they are willing to cooperate with you on this issue you'll probably have to remove iTunes. I just use an iPod at work connected to separate external speakers.
But, if you want to go the hard way... you could quit iTunes and move the XML & ITL files out of My Documents before you log out at the end of the day, and restore them to their normal location after you logon the next day. That presumes they don't do synchs to the network while your active during the day. An annoying process granted, but it would work.
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