Music Files are Missing- 50%-ITunes can't find Folder?

50% of my music files have an exclamation and will only work if I do a search in Vista, locate the file :C:\Users\jorge'\Desktop\Desk Top Files 8-10-09\Velocity PC\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\My eMusic\Neal Casal\Leaving Traces Songs 1994-2004
If they are in the iTunes folder, why can't iTunes find them?

That's not the normal path for the itunes folder!
It's on your desktop, where it shouldn't be.
The default path on Vista is
C:\Users\ your username \Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\

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OK, here's what REALLY doesn't make sense.
After manually fixing a lost file, NOTHING in the XML changes. Not one single character changes in the XML file. I diff'd the whole file before and after - no difference. So, basically, it goes out and 'finds' it and updates something that we can't see to repair the connection, meanwhile we are left to think that this XML file has the library data in it.
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I recently relocated my itunes library using itunes own settings for where to put the ibrary, then running Conslidate.
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I SUPPOSE I can go through my entire 12,000+ track library searching for randomly lost media links within iTunes, then use the 10+ clicks it takes PER TRACK to tell iTunes where the file is. Even though the path in the XML look accurate.
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