Shared Libray between Mac and PC via Airport

Hello, I'm new to the forum, and apologize if this has been posted before (thought I couldn't find any existing topics).
I've had my iTunes library on an external hard drive directly connected to my Mini for some time. I recently purchased an Airport and hooked the hard drive up to it to share the files between the Mac and an HP running Windows 7.
I've gotten iTunes set-up on the Mini, and can view the Shared Library on the PC. However, if I try to open the library on the PC, I cannot see the library when opening iTunes. If I browse to the hard drive through My Computer I can see the library, XML, PDF export of albums, etc. It's only when I open iTunes and select Choose Library that I can only see the folders.
I'm assuming I can do this (maybe I'm wrong), but don't know how. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

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