Tried to move itunes to external hard drive, now can't find my library...any others have this problem?

I read instructions to copy over my iTunes library and link it through....edit/preferences/advanced by changing the location and this did not happen.  All my songs did not get pulled into iTunes when I opened it back up again... it was empty.  I tried to change it back and forth with no luck.  I read more about it and moved the iTunes Media and other folders to new locations,,,still no luck.  I even moved all the folders back to original location and could not establish the link from the advanced section.  Any one know how to repair this issue and re-establish my library to iTunes again?  Thanks

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