Updated ITunes 10 - now cannot download songs

I just uploaded ITunes 10 on my MacBook Pro - Mac OSX version 10.7.4 - now I cannot download songs - it keeps saying 'you do not write access in your Itunes Media Folder' - help! How do I fix it without going into my adminstrator file?

They were saved along with all my songs on my EXTERNAL hard drive. I can't remember if, after I purchased them, I MOVED them to my external drive.
When I do GET INFO it shows the path as my external hard drive.
They don't play/work in iTunes.
I've tried deleting them from iTunes, copying from external drive and putting them into the normal spot (C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iPod Games, and then dragging them into iTunes again...but it didn't work. It still shows the files coming from my external drive, not my c drive.
I also tried deleting from iTunes, copying from external to c drive, and then synching iPod and it didn't work. It still gave the same error. When I looked at the path of the games (after copying from external to c) they always still say my external drive).
I even tried copying the games directly to my iPod using Windows Explorer. It still didn't work.
Now what?

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I called Apple iTunes Support, who said the problem is new to them. The technician's hypothesis was that something, perhaps browser-related, was interfering with the initial creation of a temporary file (which should go to the Recycle Bin) that instead causes the completed file to go to there.
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1 CD Closed 1 OK
2 iTunes Closed 1 OK
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4 iTunes Open 1 FAIL
5 Amazon Open 1 OK
6 iTunes Closed 1 OK
7 Amazon Open 2 OK
8 iTunes Open 2 OK
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