Unable to play the song in iTunes. Get a msg "original file is not found, you want to locate.

Unable to play the song in iTunes.  When I double click on a song title, I get a msg "original file could not be found is located."  You want to locate? I click on locate, it then takes me to the music library folder that displays a list of the itunes library by date files.  If I click on one, it then brings back me to my list of songs.  I then double click on the song, and then get the msg "original msg was not found.  I can play the song in my folder to \My eMusic.  I think he's using Windows Media Player to play the song out of this folder.  Any help would be appreciated.

Update: after a lot of research and trial and error efforts, I solved the problem.  For reasons unknown, the songs have an incorrect file path.  Will change the path on each song.

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