PLEASE HELP! iTunes won't play/can't find music

I moved my entire iTunes library (the whole folder) over to a external drive, now iTunes can't play or find my music.
I followed every tutorial out there.
First copied itunes folder over, then set the path in itunes to where the music is located.
I even uninstalled itunes, trashed all prefs, etc. then reinstalled the latest version.
still no go.
What am i missing?

just se the function "add to the library"

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