Moved Library, iTunes can't find it

I moved my iTunes library to my external hard drive, though I then found no option for iTunes to discover the new location. So, I did it again using the tips given on the Apple support site. After clicking 'Consolidate', and deleting the music (as it was safely stored on my external drive), I opened iTunes and it was completely empty.
Now I have a double of each song on my external drive, one with the name and one with a 1 after it.
Firstly, how do I get iTunes to recognise the new location of my music?
I can't transfer the music back to my computer to try again as the library has now doubled in size. The method given on this website didn't seem to work anyway.
Secondly, how do I delete all duplicate copies of the songs without having to go into every single folder and delete them one at a time?
Thanks!
-Daniel
Message was edited by: danjwin

I tried using this..
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1449?viewlocale=en_US
But, after consolidating the library (I can see all the files are transferred), I still cannot "choose the library".... Error message --> Cannot locate file...
Are there any files missing which I need to transfer?

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