Using iPod as mass storage device/transferring music from 1 computer to another.

Hi there I was following the steps provided by apple on how to use my ipod to transfer all my music from my old computers library to the one on my new computer.
I was up to the step of consolidating files but the error message "Copying Files Failed. The file name was invalid or too long" stops me from doing this process.
I have no idea what this means or how I can fix it, would anyonen please be able to help me with this problem so I can continue with the process?
Thankyou in advance for your help!

If the path to a file is too long for iTunes, you get this message. Unfortunately the limit of iTunes is less than allowed in Windows.
iTunes fix claims to be able to deal with this, but I haven't tried it myself:
http://itunesfix.com/iTunes%20Fix.html
http://itunesfix.com/iTunes%20Fix.html
(I am trying out two diffent ways of giving a link. Hopefully they will both point at the same place.)

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