Original file could not be found.  file is.itc2.  will not allow me to play song.

Original file could not be found.  There is an exclamation mark before the song, and it says "original file could not be found"  the file is ITC2.  Can someone please tell me how to fix this?

Do you use anything such as Windows Media Player, whcih may have done something to the files?
The message is blunt - the file cannot be found - it is no longer where iTunes thought it was.
Try looking in the folders where you would expect the music to be located. Look at the example below. In the first shot, you can see the correct path to the file. In the second shot, when iTunes can no longer find the file, because I have renamed it, the path changes slightly, but the original path is buried in there anyway.
Basically, the path is:
iTunes\iTunes Music\<Artist name>\<Album name>\<song name> or
iTunes\iTunes Music\Compilations\<Album name>\<song name>
Then you will have to work out what went wrong and correct it yourself.

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