M4v won't play in windows 7

I'm in the process of transitioning to a new PC (Win 7). I have so many files in my library, I've been keeping them on an external drive for a while now.
I thought the iTunes transition would be as simple as signing in with my account, authorizing the new PC, and then adding the folder on the external drive to iTunes.
The music imported great. No issues, regardless of file format (apple format, mp3, etc.) However, none of the movies or tv shows are showing up in iTunes. When I go directly to the folder and say 'open with iTunes' nothing happens. It's like it doesn't want to recognize these as legit files, but I only have the one account.
Doing a google search, everything came up on how to convert m4v files to another format. I just want to play them on my new PC. Btw, the old PC was Windows 7, too.
Thanks in advance for any hints.

Have you installed QuickTime? This is required in order for iTunes to play video files.
If you already have, repair your QuickTime.
START/CONTROL PANEL/PROGRAMS N FEATURES/highlight QUICKTIME and click REPAIR button.

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