Itunes will not recognize new folder

Hi!
I'm trying to get iTunes to recognize a folder on an external hard drive as the main music folder.
I've gone to iTunes>Preferences>Advanced and changed the folder to one of my external, but even after repeated attempts it will not recognize this folder.
Am I doing something wrong?
Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

< I've gone to iTunes>Preferences>Advanced and changed the folder to one of my external, but even after repeated attempts it will not recognize this folder.
It's not supposed to add music from that folder.
It will use that folder for everything in the future you add to iTunes.
You add music to iTunes by File -> Add to library and select the folder where the music is.

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