I thought about using a file deduper but figured that would still show the dupes IN itunes. I really don't care about artwork or the likes. Is using the built in "show dupes" the best option?
The built in "Show Duplicates" feature fails because I have thousands of songs and hundreds of duplicates.
In iTunes for Mac, if you hold the Option key down, Show Duplicates becomes Show Exact Duplicates. I think the equivalent on Windows is the Shift key. Might be worth a try.
I find the easiest way to remove duplicate songs is to just wipe out your library and do a fresh import of all your music.
It's not the most efficient method but it gets the job done. However, if this is an ongoing problem for you, then this wouldn't be the best method to take.
http://www.bigbangenterprises.de/en/doublekiller/ is what i use- it handles duplicated by quite a few criteria, and you can move dupes elsewhere in case.
