How to delete old songs in iTunes that are not linked to actual file on my disk ?

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Published on 2010-05-09T19:18:18Z Indexed on 2010/05/09 19:30 UTC
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Some sub-folders from my iTunes music folder have been deleted from my hard drive, but are still present into my iTunes library (with a "!" sign next to it, showing me that there is a problem with that song). I have a lot of those unplayable songs on my library... Is there a way to rid of all those songs ?

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