Unable to import to itunes

since up dating to the newest version of itunes I can't import songs from my library into itunes. any suggestions?

Normally I wouldn't talk to myself...
However if it helps some other poor soul out here is the answer.
If you have your iTunes folder stored on a network drive then it will not import anything - period.
For years the My Documents folder on my workstation has been held on a SnapServer which is a bunch of hard disks in a box with a network port.
I map the drive using "net use" with a login script on the server box to allocate it a drive letter and also use the UNC naming convention to identify it by name.
This has worked wonderfully allowing me to store all my data on a secure box and also allowing me to sync my laptop to the SnapServer to keep it up to date.
In fact everything Windows works as it should...
Apple software - although it gives no warnings or errors to the contrary is totally unaware of how to handle the network share and to this end is brain dead.
YMMV but that is the result of my own findings - I relocated the iTunes folder to a local hard disc on the iTunes machine and imported with no problems at all.
So come on Apple - it's bad enough having a non-standard Mac-like GUI on a Windows PC but at least you could make iTunes aware of networks!
Regards,
-=Glyn=-

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