Oringnal file could not be located wpold you like to locate it

I have exclamation marks in my library by a lot of my songs when I click on it it says that the oringinal file could not be found would you like to locate it

You get exclamation marks or dead tracks because  iTunes can’t find the file. This can happen for a number of reasons:
The song file or a folder in its path was renamed
The song file or the folder it is in has been moved
The song file has been deleted
The device containing the song files e.g. external drive is not accessible or the drive letter has changed.
iTunes does not do folder watching so if anything changes iTunes can't find it. So did you move/rename anything just before the problem started?

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