iTunes forgets where music is located

[a7dk]

Hi guys...I have a problem I hope someone can help with.

I moved my music library to the external drive a few weeks ago. Most of the time, everything is fine, but sometimes (I think this has happened 3 or 4 times so far) Itunes, for no apparent reason, forgets where my music is located and looks for it in the place where it used to be on the c: drive. This has happened at least 3 times, usually after iTunes automatially downloads a podcast that I'm subscribed to. Could these 2 events be related?

I never turn off my external drive.

Any help you guys can offer is greatly appreciated!

If it matters, today I updated to 7.0.

 

[iSkye]

So, are you saying for a while it downloads to the correct directory and then suddenly it changes? Make sure you have the new directory set up properly in iTunes. Go to edit--> preferences--> select "advanced" and make sure the proper path is listed in the "iTunes Music Folder Location" box..

This happened to me, but only if I uninstall and re-install iTunes or update. I have to go in each time and update the location. It always defaults to the C: drive.

I also updated to 7.0 this week. I hope I understood and helped!

 

[a7dk]

Thanks iSkye. Yes, that is what I was saying and the file path is correct. Well, I would set it to be correct and then it would magically change to the old path, especially when it downloaded podcasts. However, since I updated to 7.0 it hasn't happened, even when it downloaded the podcast...so I'm hoping it's okay now.

 

[iSkye]

Well I'm glad it's resolved for now. that's really weird that it would change on it's own.