Large Temp Files in iTunes Directory

Hi, I'm noticing large temp files appearing in my iTunes directory. These are created almost every 1-2 minutes during iTunes play and they are 40,938k in size. Currently, I'm deleting them.
Has anyone seen this and does anyone know how to fix it? This is disturbing.
Thank you for any assistance.
1RG

Hi--
So what I've noticed is that ever 7 seconds or so, while iTunes is running, a new file is created in the directory and it's the same size as the E-N-T-I-R-E library. If you try to delete all the files while iTunes is running, it won't let you since it's using one or more of the files.
This isn't going to work much longer for me. I have a 40 gb hd on my Windows laptop and in the course of one day, my 96gb iTunes lib is creating enough files throughout the day to completely fill my hard drive which is only about half full.
Let's not even talk about how slow this is making the machine.
Any solutions? I don't have my iTunes directory in the defaulted location... is this contributing somehow to the problem?
Any help appreciated.

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