Copied my itunes library from old Windows laptop to new Windows 11 64bit laptop. Folder is D:\iTunes How do I get iTunes to look there for all my music or do I need to rename the folder to what?
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Windows, Windows 10
See Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community. If you copied the iTunes folder as is then press and hold shift as you launch iTunes, click Choose Library... and open the library file F:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl.
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Copied my itunes library from old Windows laptop to new Windows 11 64bit laptop. Folder is D:\iTunes How do I get iTunes to look there for all my music or do I need to rename the folder to what?
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How come you didn't put that file in your music folder?
Hmm...your question back to me is 'why do I not know what I am doing?' Ok, fine I guess that's one way an expert can start a conversation with someone that is asking a question. I am using Windows Explorer and Windows cmd lines to move a 1 TB of data from a very old laptop to a new one. I am happy that I have moved all of the data to the new laptop. With regard to the music data, I believe my next step is to rename the iTunes file to what/where the iTunes software expects. If you can be so kind as to tell me how to do that, I would appreciate it.
I see I made a typo in my previous post, referring to your D:\ drive as F:\, apologies for that.
Normally the iTunes library will be at C:\Users\<Username>\Music\iTunes. Assuming you copied this folder to D:\ so it has become D:\iTunes then there is no need to rename anything. You can hold down shift as you launch iTunes and keep it held until you are prompted to choose or create a library, click Choose Library... then browse to and open the library file D:\iTunes\iTunes Library.itl. The .itl file extension is probably hidden. The .itl file is the database that knows what has been added to the library, where it is, and records things like date added, ratings, play counts, playlist membership, etc. that are not recorded in individual track tag records.
The normal layout of an iTunes library is an iTunes folder that holds the .itl file, some supporting files, and an iTunes Media folder that has all media content added to the library. When it is in this layout it is easy to move the entire iTunes folder as a unit to some new location and select the library as described. Things would become more complicated if, for example, you had copied only your media into a new D:\iTunes folder, leaving out the .itl file, or you have copied the data somehow without retaining the layout of the folders.
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Thankyou for your help. I followed the link you provided and was able to figure it out. I used Windows Explorer to cut and paste from my D:/ drive to the C:\ drive's User Music folder. Then there was an incompatability with iTunes versions. I uninstalled iTunes and then reinstalled and it all seems to work now. Appreciate the help.
Thankyou for your help.
You're welcome. 🙂
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