Moving audio files into Itunes Folder

I have files in my Itunes folder. I also have music files in other folders scattered throughout my computer. All these songs are in my Itunes library.
How can i move all the songs that aren't in my Itunes folder into my Itunes folder? When I consolidate the music tt only lets me copy. Is there a way to just move them without creating double copies?

With the more recent version of iTunes, it automatically stores converted audio files into Artist\Album folder, and re-names the audio track to the the track number plus the title of the track.
It's not the"more recent version of iTunes". It's all versions iof iTunes.
Is there anyway to store the converted audio files in one folder, and keep the same name as the original file name?
No.
If you are RIPping from CD, iTunes will put them into the iTunes music folder by Artist/Album name.
If you are adding songs to iTunes, it does not convert them unless they are WM and then it puts them into Artist/Album folders.
If you want your own Folder/File names, RIP the CD using a different application and put the files into your own folders.
Then iTunes prefs -> Advanced and uncheck *Copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library*.
Then add the files to iTunes.

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