New Username after reinstalling Windows7: How do i get iTunes to recognize the files?

Hey everybody,
ive got a little problem.
Ive just reinstalled my OS (Win7) and renamed the user from previously sebastain to sebastian.
Ive Backuped my whole iTunes folder including the Music. Unlucky: iTunes doesnt recognize the Files because of the new username.
So i took the "iTunes Music Libary.xml" and had a programm replacing all the "sebastain" in the paths by "sebastian".
But stil it doesnt work.
Is there anything i can do exept for renamind the user back to "sebastain"?
Thanks!

If possible, move the music back to it's original place.
You moved the files to another disk, without telling iTunes.
That's why iTunes can't find them.
Let iTunes do the move: iTunes: Moving your iTunes Music folder
In the preferences, you can change the iTunes Music folder to another location, but you're only telling iTunes where to store the next imports, not where the music files are.
That information is stored in the iTunes Library file:
What are the iTunes library files?
M
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