On the File menu, point to Add to Media Library, and then click By Searching Computer.
In Search on, do one of the following:
To search all local and mapped drives, click All Drives.
To search all local drives, click LocalDrives.
To search all network drives, click Network Drives.
To search all drives, excluding folders where programs are stored, click AllDrives, minusprogramfolders.
To search your My Music folder, click My Music Folder.
To search a mapped drive, click the drive.
To search a drive that is not mapped, click User-selectedsearchpath.
If you want to add files from a specific folder, in Look in, type the path to a specific folder, or click Browse to select a specific folder.
To select more advanced search options, select the Showadvancedsearchoptions check box and then specify or select the options that you want to use.
Click Search.
Links to all digital media files found in the location specified are added to MediaLibrary. Links to music are added to your All Music category and links to video are added to your All Video category.
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You can also search for files to add to Media Library by clicking Options on the Tools menu, and then clicking SearchforMediaFiles.
If you share your computer with another person, the other person's digital media files may get added to your Media Library and vice versa when you add files by searching the computer. You may not be able to play the other person's files, depending on which operating system you are using, and the permissions set on the folder that contains the files.
The advanced search options that you that you specify in the AddToMediaLibraryBySearchingComputer dialog box apply to the contents of any folders that you add to Media Library and any folders that are being monitored for digital media content.
The monitoring folder feature is only available on select versions of Windows and on drives formatted with NTFS. For more information, see Special features.
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