ITunes will not open - the folder itunes cannot be found or created

I'm having troubles opening up itunes. Every time i click on the icon I get the following message
The folder "iTunes" cannot be found or created, and is required. The default location for this folder is inside the My music folder.
I had itunes on my hard drive but it got too full and had to transfer the library to an external hard drive. This worked for a while but suddenly stopped working with the above message. iTunes is still in my program files and all the files are still there on the external hard drive but the program wont open.
Can I change the options somehow??

hi y'all!
The folder "iTunes" cannot be found or created, and is required. The default location for this folder is inside the My music folder.
the first place to start with this error message is this KB doc:
iTunes for Windows: "Disk is locked" or "iTunes folder cannot be found" when installing or opening iTunes
... but if you run into the complication where the "My Music" folder doesn't appear in TweakUI, we've been having some success using the alternate technique in this Nigel Carpenter post:
Nigel Carpenter: re: Itunes problem
love, b

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