Itunes not seeing itunes folder?

I have all my music, vidoes, tv shows ect stored on a external hard drive.
it had been working fine till today
when I open itunes nothing is there
I went to my itunes folder on my external drive everything seems to be there music, iphone mobile applications, tv shows, ipod games ect.
I guess my itunes prorgam is not directing the software to the correct folder ??
anyone have any suggestions

One thing you may want to make check in the setting is where the default path for your iTunes library is. With you External Hard Dive connected open iTunes.
1. Go to Edit > Preferences
2. In the Advanced tab choose the General section
3. Where it says "iTunes Music Folder Location" verify that it is set to the correct setting (i.e. the music folder on your external HD)
4. If it is not pointed to the correct location, navigate to the correct location by clicking change.
5. Press OK, quite and re-open iTunes
If you library still has not re-appeared go to File > Add Folder to Library, Navigate to the correct location on your external HD and choose the iTunes folder and click add. iTunes will then add all of the music back to your library.

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