# Getting iTunes to show everything in "iTunes Music" (PC)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-itunes-to-show-everything-in-itunes-music-pc/567182>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-itunes-to-show-everything-in-itunes-music-pc/567182 "2011-01-11T02:35:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-itunes-to-show-everything-in-itunes-music-pc/567182/1 "2011-01-11T02:35:53Z")

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Primary hard drive died; currently trying to reconstruct my iTunes library from the backup I made of the “iTunes Music” subfolder. “Add Folder to Library” doesn’t work. What will?

Thanks in advance (and wondering where Apple gets its rep for superior user experience),  
**E.**

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**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-itunes-to-show-everything-in-itunes-music-pc/567182/2 "2011-01-11T03:39:33Z")

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The music files are in My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\Music on my computer. What about selecting that folder for the “Add Folder to Library” command? Or, have a look in the help for iTunes. It says you can drag the folder to the iTunes window.

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**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-itunes-to-show-everything-in-itunes-music-pc/567182/3 "2011-01-11T03:41:47Z")

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The music files aren’t in that location anymore (my C:\ drive isn’t big enough; had to redirect the library to a larger backup drive), but after further experimentation, “Add File to Library” seemed to work, though “Add Folder to Library” strangely didn’t.

So I think I’m OK now. Thanks for the reply.