Moved itunes library, but it keeps recreating new one.

Hi there,
Just got my new iphone and i'm new to all this itunes stuff
I want to permanently move my itunes media folder.
Already read and followed this to the letter, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364 and changed the location from
C:\Users\Rxxx\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media
to
D:\iTunes Media
It seemd to have worked but everytime i download a new app or music file from itunes it recreates the media folder in the original location and stores it there, not into the new folder I made.
It is very important for me that this doesn't happen, i want all downloaded apps etc etc to go to the new folder, not the default old one because my C drive is an SSD and i don't want this annoying itunes pointlessly writing to it.
Any ideas welcomed
Message was edited by: slickric21

Sorted it,
I needed to move the whole libary database not just that folder.
I copied over the whole itunes folder to location I wanted,
then started itunes whilst holding shift, then choose new location for database.
Viola, itunes will leave my SSD alone now I hope

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