iTunes for Windows: Unknown duplicate locations, lots of "broken tracks"

iTunes for Windows: Unknown duplicate locations, lots of "broken tracks"

With over 18,000 tracks, manually fixing each one would be pure murder. I am looking for a way to 1) find all the broken tracks (show up with an exclamation mark next to the track indicating the iTunes database can't find the track in its listed path) and then 2)remove all the duplicates. After a recovery, files are all over the place and am looking for an automated way to determine where the problems are.

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"To remove dead tracks, this solution worked for me. Since I could not delete the dead listings straight from the smart playlist, I did need to add an extra step:

Highlight all the dead tracks and right click Uncheck Selection. Then you can easily group them in your regular view by sorting by the checkmark column."