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I like to keep my iTunes organized but as it’s grown, there’s just not time to do justice to the job.  That’s where iTunes Scripts come in.  Apple has made it possible to write scripts for windows that access things like playlists, albums, songs, song info, the iPod and more.  Using JavaScript, Perl, C#, etc. developers have written a number of incredibly helpful tools for cleaning up and organizing the iTunes library. 

Be careful though – some of these delete metadata or files without much warning.  Make sure you’re doing what you intend to do.

Teridon’s site has a nice library of tools available in an executable package.

Apple released a few sample scripts with the iTunesCOMWindowsSDK  package of developer header files. 

• RemoveDeadTracks.js  -  I’ve found this one especially useful.
• CreateAlbumPlaylists.js
• RemoveUserPlaylists.js

Moreover, the methods for developing custom scripts are very approachable in case these scripts don’t do quite what you need.