Multiple iTunes Installation in Separate XP Accounts

My wife and I have separate XP accounts (Home Edition) on the same computer. iTunes is available for use in both accounts. I've configured both our iTunes to point to a shared music folder (C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Shared Documents\Shared Music. Recently I loaded and purchased a whole bunch of music which I wanted her to have access to when she is logged in her account as well.
I logged in as here and from iTunes perform a File - Add Folder to Library. All went fine. I logged out of her account, logged into mine, launched iTunes and all of a sudden a bunch of my songs had "!" exclamation points in front of them? As I began selecting some of them, more exclamation points began to show up. What's going on?
Is it not possible to have 2 separate XP accounts each with iTunes and point both to a shared library of songs where she can see all the library items I see?
Thanks.

Make sure that iTunes isn't moving any files around. Go to edit\prefs\advanced, and uncheck 'keep iTunes folder organized.' Do this on both accounts, and you should be all fixed up.
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