Moving files manually in itunes?

Hi,
I have the latest itunes.. when I import music I do so with a folder for each artist or album.
Most of the time itunes creates a complete folder for my import.
There are a few tracks that did not go into their folders and were left outside as "unknown artist".
Now I use the "artists" tab to navigate and I don't like the sparse tracks lying around next to complete folders (albums).
Is there is anyway to move these files manually into their rightful folders?
Seems like there should be an easy option to do so.
Thanks

Select one in iTunes right click - get info and update the Album and Artist info.
Are these MP3 files?

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After searching on the web for threads of people with this issue, I found this thread: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1483694
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Lots of important information about TuneSpan and how it works can be found on http://www.tunespan.com/help.html
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For the last few months I've been having issues with iTunes moving my music files. This is a problem because I have a large music collection and each time the files move I must go back and place them into the iTunes music folder. My settings are so:
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I am running Vista with the newest update of iTunes
It seems that every month or so iTunes decides to select random folders and move them out of the iTunes Music directory. From here they are placed into my default music folder given to me by Windows. My iTunes music folder is located inside of the Windows music folder. So currently this is my situation.
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Username/music is where some of my artist files and folders are being moved to
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When you add files to iTunes, it adds them to the iTunes library database file and this is what is displayed in iTunes.
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I Have Feedback About: Software or Hardware Compatibility
Comments:
Hi,
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