Podcast not found?

I have been having troubles with iTunes in general and it telling me it can't find my files(by showing an exclaimation point)although they play just fine. Now, when I try to download episodes of new podcasts, the file has an exclaimation point next to it. I can no longer download any audio podcasts, they all say that the file can't be found, only video ones work. And even some of them do not work now; they won't download. I already have some of the older podcasts and when I try to download the new ones from my podcast section of iTunes or from the iTunes store, it says it can't find the file. Am I doing something wrong? I just downloaded an installed the newest iTunes and cleared out a bunch of memory on my drive with no luck. Any suggestions?
PC Windows 2000

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