ITunes problems with library preference

Hello people,
I am a Windows user and have all my music stored on a network drive. In I-Tunes I point to the library. However, I-Tunes keeps restoring the original directory: /my documenten/my name/iTunes Music (in stead of network drive/music/iTunes Music.
Does anybody know of this problem and how to solve it?
Thanks so much!
Regards,

I actually had about 5 on my Mac do the same - also purchased software from the Apple Store.
I managed to get them recognized properly by deleting them from the iTunes library (but not trashing the files) and then re-importing them in to iTunes, it seems to be related to the update process when 7.1 first loads.

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