Shared library still shows in iTunes

I have a Macbook that I use as my main iTunes library. However, I used to share the library from my desktop PC, before upgrading the hard drive in the Macbook. Now that all of the files are on the Mac, I don't need to share the desktop PC's files. I thought I had everything turned off. However, looking through my iTunes library, I see a lot of dupliate songs. When I look at the info for the duplicates, I see that some songs are still pointing to the desktop PC. I'm sure that they're pointing to the desktop, because I see the mac file: "users\me\itunes\music" (or whatever the default Mac location is) and the PC file: "documents and settings\me\my documents\my music\itunes" etc. I'm sure that I've turned off shared libraries on both the Mac and the PC.
How can I remove the PC files without doing them one by one? I have a pretty sizable library and would rather not spend days removing each one individually.

for the avoidance of doubt, are the media files stored in a public section of the NAS ?
another possible issue may be that you're connecting to the NAS using the SMB protocol. try mounting the NAS using AFP instead.
from the finder's Go menu, select connect to server (or type ⌘K) and enter "afp://NameOfNAS.local" (without the quotation marks). provide the admin credentials you have assigned for the NAS and, once the the connection is established and the NAS is mounted, fire up iTunes and try again.

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