ITunes Sharing Mac/Windows

Is there a simple way to share my iTunes library from my Mac partition with my Windows 7 partition without having to copy the same music on both sides? I looked up an older thread, but the best option (required Command Prompt) said I did not have sufficient privileges change anything. I also changed the command, using my iTunes Music folder instead of iTunes Media (since for some reason I don't have the latter on my Mac).
cd "\users\[username]\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media"
mklink /d Music "e:\users\[username]\Music\iTunes\*iTunes Music*"
(bold indicating what I changed)
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2309922

Meant to add this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1347
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/moving-your-itunes-library-to -a-new-hard-drive

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