I have today upgraded my PC and a drawback of that is that my Itunes is asking me to locate the file of each song in my library...individually :(

Before the destination folder was D:/Ipod/xxx.mp3

now it is simply E:/Ipod/xxx.mp3


Is there a quicker way to locate the files?

In iTunes, go to Edit>Preferences>Advanced. Click the 'Change' button next to the 'iTunes Music folder location' box, then in the directory structure box that pops up, find and select the folder which contains your iTunes music, then click on 'ok'.

That should tell iTunes where your music library is.

A warning for those trying out iTunes.
Make sure you do not let iTune 'organise' your music files, as it will make a complete pigs ear out of it and make sure than no other programme or human has any clue where anything is. For example, a mixed compilation album was placed into 32 folders and 32 subfolders - as that is so much better organised! :loopy:
I tried iTunes out years ago and it took a couple of days to sort my files back to how I prefer to use them and so my other software could access them. Thankfully I only tested it on a small part of my collection.
It's not like iTunes is any good either. :gag:

A warning for those trying out iTunes.
Make sure you do not let iTune 'organise' your music files, as it will make a complete pigs ear out of it and make sure than no other programme or human has any clue where anything is. For example, a mixed compilation album was placed into 32 folders and 32 subfolders - as that is so much better organised! :loopy:
I tried iTunes out years ago and it took a couple of days to sort my files back to how I prefer to use them and so my other software could access them. Thankfully I only tested it on a small part of my collection.
It's not like iTunes is any good either. :gag:

Unless you have an Ipod and just use iTunes to listen to to music on your PC, in which case it's absolutely fine. I really can't see the problem some people have with it. Compared to WinCramp or WMP, it's fantastic.

As for the OP's question. Tricky. The iTunes library is an XML file with all the paths to files included in it. Now, it could be as simple as opening the xml file in a text editor (make sure you back it up first!) and doing a search and replace to make D:/Ipod..etc into E:/Ipod...

Make sure the replace term is as explicit as possible - as in use the full folder path and don't just replace all Ds with E (as I'm sure you wouldn't).

You might want to use a slightly more advanced text editor than notepad - one that can do a global search and replace. Notepad2 or Notepad++ are good bets. Otherwise you'll press "replace" several thousand times!

It should work. Just make sure iTunes is closed while you do it, and you'll be well away.

A warning for those trying out iTunes.
Make sure you do not let iTune 'organise' your music files, as it will make a complete pigs ear out of it and make sure than no other programme or human has any clue where anything is. For example, a mixed compilation album was placed into 32 folders and 32 subfolders - as that is so much better organised! :loopy:...
Having iTunes organise my music files works perfectly well. My compilation albums are stored each in their own subfolder under the 'Compilations' folder (eg. Compilations>Happy Songs>lots of M4as from the Happy Songs compilation album).

Was this a compilation album you'd made yourself? In which case you might have had to check the box to indicate 'part of a compilation' album when, or perhaps after, importing.

Edit>Preferences>Advanced tells you where your iTunes music folder is located, and ticking the 'keep iTunes music folders organised' and 'copy files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to library' ensures that they stay in order. If you manually change the location of the music folder, then of course you have to restate in iTunes that folder's location.

Having iTunes organise my music files works perfectly well. My compilation albums are stored each in their own subfolder under the 'Compilations' folder (eg. Compilations>Happy Songs>lots of M4as from the Happy Songs compilation album).

Was this a compilation album you'd made yourself? In which case you might have had to check the box to indicate 'part of a compilation' album when, or perhaps after, importing.

Edit>Preferences>Advanced tells you where your iTunes music folder is located, and ticking the 'keep iTunes music folders organised' and 'copy files to iTunes Music Folder when adding to library' ensures that they stay in order. If you manually change the location of the music folder, then of course you have to restate in iTunes that folder's location.The default in iTunes when you very first launched it, was to sort out your files how iTunes liked it, without asking first! Unsurprisingly this upset a lot of people and now in more recent versions, you grudgingly get an option. Though as it doesn't explicitly explain what iTunes will do, it's not a big improvement.
The thing that's particulary stupid about this is that there is zero need to move anything anyway, especially into a bunch of meaningless folders - unless you want to make it very difficult for any other software to then make sense of your files. Thus locking you to iTunes.

I really can't see the problem some people have with iTunes. Compared to WinCramp or WMP, it's fantastic.Some people think Finder is OK, but then compared to being repeatedly punched, it's fantastic!
iTunes is just like Finder, simplistic and assumes you are a moron. They are the two worst programmes I've ever had the misfortune to use.:gag:

Some people think Finder is OK, but then compared to being repeatedly punched, it's fantastic!
iTunes is just like Finder, simplistic and assumes you are a moron. They are the two worst programmes I've ever had the misfortune to use.:gag:

Depends how organised you are in the first place. Finder was always fine for me, because everything on the Mac I used when working for that particular client was exactly where I needed it to be. Finder is simple in its nature, but then it's not really pretending to be anything else.

iTunes doesn't assume I'm a moron. In fact, I'm happy I have to do the least amount of work possible to make it play music. After all, that's all I want to do - play music while I'm working. No more, no less.

But anyway, we're getting off topic. The OP should have been resolved by now.

The default in iTunes when you very first launched it, was to sort out your files how iTunes liked it, without asking first! Unsurprisingly this upset a lot of people and now in more recent versions, you grudgingly get an option. Though as it doesn't explicitly explain what iTunes will do, it's not a big improvement....
I've used iTunes since 2006, I think, and my files and folders have always been sorted to my liking. Actually, there's very little I could find fault with, as the default appears to be 'sort by artist, sort by album name, group together compilations, sort by album within the compilation folder'. It doesn't need to tell you explicitly; you can see the path to the Music Library in the Preferences option, and looking at the appropriate folder within File Manager/Windows Explorer will lead you to your files. It isn't difficult.
...The thing that's particulary stupid about this is that there is zero need to move anything anyway, especially into a bunch of meaningless folders - unless you want to make it very difficult for any other software to then make sense of your files. Thus locking you to iTunes.
The folders aren't meaningless. As I said above, they're sorted and named entirely logically. iTunes isn't designed to integrate with any other software, as far as I'm aware, which is fine for the majority of its users who use it as the main (only?) means by which they listen to music on their PCs and to integrate with their iPods.

It's fine that you don't like or use iTunes though, of course. I'm sure there's software aplenty elsewhere to fulfil your PC music needs...