Why did 10.4 Update append a Media folder location ?

On both my Mac and my PC, the original media folder no longer points to:
DRIVEID\My Music\iTunes
But instead now points to:
DRIVEID\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media
Which mean that none of my iPhone apps can be found !!
I haven't tried to sync yet, but I'm assuming my movies and my music are likewise unavailable.

Once you get your library reconnected to the media you might want to "normalise" it to keep things simple in future.
There are generally two ways to use iTunes with an external/alternate/network drive, one is to relocate the media folder to a folder on the alternate drive, leaving the library files in the original location, the other (not advertised in support docs) is to move the entire iTunes folder to the new location and connect iTunes to the library there. You chose the first method, which works fine until you forget to turn on the external drive before you start iTunes, the drive letter changes unexpectedly, or a dodgy iTunes update comes along and makes a mess of things.
If your external media folder is called \iTunes\iTunes Media then process is relatively easy. Copy the contents of the iTunes folder on your internal disk into \iTunes on the external, then hold down shift as you start iTunes and choose the iTunes library on your external drive.
If your alternate media folder has a different path or name then a few more steps are involved.
Upgrade to the new iTunes Media Organization. Use File > Library > Organize Library... Reorganize files in the folder <Media Folder>. If the option is greyed out then this has already been done.
Consolidate your library with File > Library > Organize Library... Consolidate files just in case there are any files outside of the designated iTunes Media folder.
Copy the contents of your current iTunes library folder into the parent folder of the media folder. (In your case ..\My Music)
Connect iTunes to the library on the external with the shift-start-iTunes method.
Close iTunes and rename the media folder as iTunes Media, then start iTunes, check a track or two, then close it again. (Skip this stage if the folder already has the correct name) (In your case ..\My Music\iTunes becomes ..\My Music\iTunes Media)
Rename/move the parent folder as \iTunes (or create a new folder at \iTunes and move the iTunes library files, Album Artwork & iTunes Media folders into it) then reconnect iTunes to the library with the shift-start-iTunes method. (In your case ..\My Music becomes ..\iTunes)
The library is now in a portable layout. You can move the iTunes folder en masse to any new location, change the drive letter etc. and simply reconenct to the library. It will "just work". You can also backup the entire iTunes folder to another drive, network share etc. and that backup library will work too. I find SyncToy 2.1 ideal for this
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Before I start to download my purcharsed iCloud music or import my cds I set my media folder location to be "c:\users\username\my music\"
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