Pop up with certain songs.

For many songs, I get a pop up that says "The song....could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" The song will not play through iTunes, but will still play on the iPod when I am not connected to the computer. Because it doesn't recognize the song, it does not allow me to choose "skip song when shuffling" which I really want to be able to do!
My questions:
1. Is there a way to get these songs to play through iTunes (hope I am stating that correctly-I basically mean to play via the computer)
2. Is there a way to choose "skip song when shuffling" for these unrecognized songs?
Any help is much appreciated!

The ! next to the songs can mean several things. The files have been moved from the iTunes music folder, or deleted from your computer entirely. Or the song files have been renamed/edited or otherwise changed by some method other than iTunes. In any event, iTunes has lost track of these song files. Until iTunes "knows" their location, you won't be able to do either of the things you want.
You can use Explorer to search your computer for missing songs.
On the Start menu, click "Search".
Select "All Files and folders".
In the "All or part of the file name" field, type the song name and then click "Search".
If you see the file you are looking for in the Search Results window, you can add it back into your iTunes library.
See: How to add songs from your hard drive to iTunes.

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Mike, deleting the preferences did the trick, but I don't know why. Itunes downloaded 5 days of podcast! Hurray!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!

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