Library keeps revering from NAS to C Drive

I have set my QNAP server as my library but itunes has recently reset my library to my c drive on my windows pc. How do I stop this?

Explanation 1. is likely correct. If you start iTunes and the currently designated media folder is not available then iTunes silently reverts the media folder to the default path, normally an iTunes Media folder in the same folder as the active database file. Missing item exclamation marks are not necessarily displayed until you attempt to play content. A solution when the media is held on an external drive is to move both media and database to the external drive keeping the library in a portable shape. In such cases a warning is given on startup if the target is offline, and you can cancel, connect the drive then start iTunes. This will also work with a networked library but there is likely to be a performance hit with any library sufficiently large to warrant storing on a NAS in the first place.
You might consider a startup script that checks the availability of the NAS target folder before launching iTunes.
You could make a suggestion via iTunes Feedback.
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I just updated from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, worst idea ever. Tons of problems appeared including this really strange one.
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