Lots of exclamation points

I recently updated iTunes to 7.6. On my user name my iTunes works fine. My wifes iTunes shows all exclamation points. I figured out how to tell iTunes where each file was but it got monotonous. How do get her music back without finding each file one by one? Thanks for your time.

Her library ITL file got corrupted somehow.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93732
If she doesn't have a backup, you could
1) drag yours over into her user folder.
2) Or she can create a new library by holding down the shift key when she starts iTUnes. Then File > Add Folder to Library and import all the music files that way.
Both methods will lose all her ratings, playcounts, etc.

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