PLEASE HELP me use iTunes to locate original files

I had the original files stored in several locations (I've since moved them all to one location), but for almost all of my songs, iTunes displays the message "the song could not be used because the original file could not be located. Would you like to locate it?"
Is there anyway to have iTunes automatically locate every song, instead of having to manually go through each song?
THANK YOU
  Windows XP  

I had the original files stored in several locations
(I've since moved them all to one location), but for
almost all of my songs, iTunes displays the message
"the song could not be used because the original file
could not be located. Would you like to locate it?"
Is there anyway to have iTunes automatically locate
every song, instead of having to manually go through
each song?
THANK YOU
Windows XP  

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