Moved itunes library to ext drive  now i cannot find music

i have moved my library to an external hard drive and then deleted content from my computer, now itunes cannot locate library when drive is connected, how do i make itunes work again? i even copied from ext drive back to computer and still no luck, im totally lost

There is exactly one way to move your library to an external HD.
If you try it any other way, you will be greeted with exclamation points and other hassles.
The one way is: Go to preferences and point your iTunes Music folder to the new location. Then run Consolidate Library.
Also, once you have your library on the external, never start up iTunes without the external being turned on and accessible. Otherwise, iTunes reverts the location to the local drive.

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