My Itunes Folder doesn't update with my library...?

I deleted some songs from my itunes library last night and today I was going to move my library to a different computer. But, when I looked at the itunes music folder, it still had the deleted songs in it. I can't move the folder until it exactly matches my itunes library. Does anyone know how I can update the folder?

Deleting from the itunes library index doesn't necessarily delete the songs from your hard drive, as you've found.
It only does this if they are getting deleted from the itunes folder location set up in itunes prefrences > advanced.
Looks like you are going to have to delete those same files using windows explorer.

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#error3194
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