Trying to get iTunes working on Windows 8, iTunes wont recognize media folder...

I was using a Windows 7 machine, running iTunes off my external HDD. I ended up getting a new computer, with Windows 8. I install iTunes and try to direct to the iTunes media folder location on my HDD (Nothing has changed) via the Advanced tab in Preferences within iTunes.
I can see the iTunes Library.itl, where it has always been, but directing iTunes doesn't seem to do anything.
Any help would be apprectiated.
Cheers

See this migrate iTunes library post.
Redirecting the media folder isn't the same thing as connecting to a different library file, which is done by holding down shift as you start iTunes.
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