Moving playlist from itunes to desktop folder and keeping track order/seq!?

I have a playlist created in itunes that I want to copy to a folder on my desktop. When I do copy the list the tracks reorder based on the track number assigned within the origin album, as opposed to keeping their playlist order. Is there a way to fix this so the tracks remain organized by playlist sequence in the desktop folder?
I know how to change track numbers on each file; however, reassigning track numbers changes the tracks location in the orginal album as well, which of course I do not want.
Any help would be appreciated. I trust this is an easy question.
Thank you.
Jeff

Here's a link -> http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8817707#8817707
to a discussion using an Automator script which does what you want.
It add the playlist track number to the beginning of the name & copies the files to the folder.

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