Itunes upgrade, large amount of music canno be located

After itunes upgrade, a large amount of my collection is 'The Song "..." could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?'
If before I play the song I 'Get Info' and then look the path (alt-print screen) and then attempt to play the song (I'll get the !) and then locate it, it will play. If I then compare the path to the print screen path, they are identical.
Thanks for your time.

1. find a song that is going to be missing, not hard since its a lot more than 50% of my library.
2. select the song (dont play it) and 'get info' from its properties.
3. since i cannot see the 'get info' and interact with itunes, i will make a copy of the window for future viewing with print screen.
4. close 'get info' and try and play the song. its status will now have the all too familiar '!' and be limited now in what results it will allow me see.
5. locate the song's file like itunes suggests.
6. once located, select it in the play list and "get info".
7. compare with the contents of the copy buffer.
8. they are the same exact path names.
These are not full albums or artists, my collection has always been maintained by itunes. So I have large portions of albums 'missing'. I don't use other programs to tag or album art my collection. None of my podcast tracks seem to have been impacted.

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