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I have been researching to do this and found sever...

2012-01-11T16:06:46.902-08:00

I have been researching to do this and found several with exact same directions, except one that added at the end:
The final step I completed was to launch iTunes and open up preferences. On the advanced tab changed the
iTunes media folder location from c:\users\username\music\iTunes\iTunes Media to
c:\users\username\music\iTunes\iTunes Music.

Now I am unsure of which

Thanks dude. This worked like a charm. I'm goi...

2011-01-06T22:58:37.160-08:00

Thanks dude. This worked like a charm. I'm going to link this on my blog so I won't forget the link in the future.

Just got this accomplished this weekend for my fat...

2010-10-12T05:48:45.766-07:00

Just got this accomplished this weekend for my father-in-law! Win/XP to Win/7 directions worked perfectly. Thanks so much for the tip on how to map the XP folders to the Win/7 equivalents!

PLEASE HELP Im stuck because i cant figure out ho...

2010-09-30T00:12:31.914-07:00

PLEASE HELP

Im stuck because i cant figure out how to transfer all my win xp itunes playlist to a computer using win 7...

its really important because we are talking 40 or so playlists. Im a dj so its very importent i dont have to waste hours on redoing the whole thing!

Yep, this totally works! Thank you sooooooooo much...

2010-06-22T10:56:31.948-07:00

Yep, this totally works!
Thank you sooooooooo much!!!! :D

Woo hoo! these instructions, along with Anon's...

2010-06-06T21:13:17.326-07:00

Woo hoo! these instructions, along with Anon's comment about redirecting itunes to find the right folder, finally worked!! why is this so hard?? but it worked, yay!!

Thank you!!

Thanks so much for this article, have been tearing...

2010-05-30T17:13:48.004-07:00

Thanks so much for this article, have been tearing my hair out all day over this. Tried a straight copy, only to end up with every song having a broken link due to the new folder structure. Then tried adding the contents of the iTunes folder as a fresh library, everything looked fine at first but 10% of the tracks were added with no tags. Wasn't looking forward to renaming hundreds of

Thanks, worked perfectly! Duncan

2010-05-28T13:15:43.508-07:00

Thanks, worked perfectly! Duncan

Like Alberto, I had the problem that after impleme...

2010-04-25T04:41:24.596-07:00

Like Alberto, I had the problem that after implementing the above procedures, the "!" didnt immediately show up, but did when i tried to play a track. However, I noticed that in W7 the path for the actual mp3s in iTunes was C:\Users\USERNAME\Music\iTunes\ITunes Music, but this differed from the standard preference settings in Itunes which was C:\Users\USERNAME\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media

hi... I too just bought a new computer with Win7; ...

2010-03-16T15:18:42.223-07:00

hi... I too just bought a new computer with Win7; the old one was running Windows XP. I followed your post step by step, but even though the '!' don't immediately show up, once I try to click on certain songs, then iTunes tells me it cannot locate the file :-( Any other advice you can offer??

I´l be solved usig copytrans

2010-01-20T20:13:56.037-08:00

I´l be solved usig copytrans

Thanks a lot. Just got a new laptop and it has win...

2009-12-11T10:25:42.181-08:00

Thanks a lot. Just got a new laptop and it has windows 7 on it and the old one has XP. This worked great! Thanks sooo much

Thanx a lot for sharing this information with us. ...

2009-11-15T10:33:22.492-08:00

Thanx a lot for sharing this information with us. :-)

I added a Test Windows 7(x64) PC to my Work - XP on different HD's.

I was confused in not finding an ability to transfer the mediathek originally from Apple.....(so don't blame MS all the time) ;).

Anyway i tryed different possibilities (holding shift while starting iTunes so u can choose the Mediathek