"required file could not be found" message?

I had pictures on my ipod touch and somehow they got taken off. I tried to sync them back onto my ipod and an error message comes up and says "the required file could not be found." i have checked in my pictures on my computer and the folder that I have all of the pictures I want in it and it is there. how can i fix this?
Miek Rotch

If you have moved the file that had the pix in it to a different spot, you will have to choose the file again under the iPod photo syncing option on iTunes. Otherwise, I don't know what to do...
Hope that helped you..
-Messymeese

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Hello WGT52,
It sounds like this error message is preventing you from syncing your content to the iPod. I would recommend the troubleshooting steps in the following article:
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201521
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So to remove the song, I opted for the “show song file” and then manually deleted it from the folder.
However, the file is still there, or at least the phantom version of it, in my library. And when I click it “I get "original file could not be found" message.
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And how do I get rid off that annoying “"original file could not be found" message”?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Oh. OOps, I was posting to the wrong thread.
About your problem:
Make sure you are in the Library, not a (smart) playlist. Select "Library" from the top of source list (the list on the left of the screen).
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If you post back the two paths I may be able to suggest an easy fix
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tt2

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Try this previous discussion:
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Well, I updated my itunes to version 9.
Now, more than 90 percent of the songs in the playlist returns an error message that the 'original files could not be located',Also there is a exclamation mark next to the song in the playlist.
i have connected the hard disk to the laptop which contains the actual folder with all songs in it. This is the folder from which i created all the playlists in i-tunes.
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1. It is a big headache and time consuming process to create the playlist again
2. I'm scared to connect the ipod, so that the already synced songs will get deleted from the ipod as many songs in itunes are returning the 'not found' message.
3. When I still try to play the song in itunes, ofcourse itunes gives me an option to re locate the file. But I cannot do this to all the 100 Gb of songs..
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I don't understand that...
because I'm getting the message and have turned off all the settings to update photos to my iPod.
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I've already gone through the 5Rs.

See this troubleshooting article.
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