New XP User Account

My original 4 year old XP user account is getting flaky. I created a new account to test on and have decided I need to migrate. Is there a simple way of transferring all of my songs/playlists to the new account without having to backup everything to disc first. I plan to delete my old user account once everything is moved and I don't want to accidentally destroy all of my music.

Move the entire iTunes folder to a shared directory.
In the new account, start iTunes while holding Shift. It will ask to "Create a new library" or "Choose an existing library". Select Choose existing, then go the library you moved.
That's it.

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