Please help with iTunes - it's importing music automatically that I don't..

want it to...
I don't understand how it could have such a ridiculous setting. I imported some music from a folder on my hard drive (Multimedia under my documents) - I intended this to be a one time operation. Now any time a file is put into that folder it is automatically imported into iTunes. This is EXTREMELY irritating and there doesn't seem to be any place obvious to turn this feature off. Terrible. Please tell me there is a way to fix this. I don't want iTunes to EVER add ANY music or other files unless I specifically tell it to manually.
Thanks!

Now any time a file is put into that
folder it is automatically imported into iTunes.
Okay, wait just a second. How in the HECK did you make it do this?
Because this is a feature people have actually been wanting for a LONG time. iTunes totally lacks it, or at least it has up until now, so if you figured out how to make it happen, please tell the entire class.
This is EXTREMELY irritating and there doesn't seem
to be any place obvious to turn this feature off.
On the contrary, most people have been trying to work out how to turn it ON.

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