Moved iTunes from XP to Win7

Hi there
I have the following problem:
I used Win XP with 2 accounts. Both accounts had iTunes on it.
The music was saved in "files and documents/public", the apps were save on the local user account.
If I move now to Win 7 the folder for the common user has an other name, something like users/public.
Now the problem:
iTunes is not finding anymore the music as it is still looking to the "old" link with files and documents.
Is there a way to change the link for all songs at once?
Thanks a lot

Unfortunately it doesn't help:
It still tells me (in german) "file not found, do you wanna search for it".
Now I could search for it, but witha few tousends of files...
Any other idea?

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