Transfer Itunes Library from one user to another on same computer?

Okay. Was trying to clean my computer up the other day b/c the main user of this computer is no longer using this computer. So, everything is in his name and it was annoying me. So, I created a new administrative user and thought the itunes library would just transfer over. It didn't. So, I figured it would be easier to just change the main current user's profile to my name and tried to change the home folder name. When I did this it cleaned up the whole desktop and folders as if I created a new user (blank slate). So, now all my music is in this other folder and my memory is too low to import it into I-Tunes. Does anybody know how to get around this? I tried just switching the folder in I-tunes Preferences, but now it just points to that folder. The music is still just sitting there NOT in I-tunes. I'm new to messing around with MAC settings so I'm afraid I royally messed up my computer. Please Help

If you have already told iTunes where you want to keep the library (Preferences>Advanced>iTunes Music folder location>change), then now all you need to do is actually import all those songs into your library.
Close the pref's window. Go to File>Add to Library and add what you want to. I'd advise after that to also Consolidate your library (File>Library>Consolidate Library), IF you want to keep all your music in one place. Make sure you have all the music you want added first, from all the different areas of your computer.
Hope this makes sense.

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