Itunes has messed up my music folder

ok my music folder is on my edrive i clicked on organise music by mistake in itunes,and now when i go to my music folder everything is displayed as folders not media player icons how do i revert back to how it was

Create the folders you want. Drag the files from the folders they are in to the folders you want them in. If the folders they were in before you started are still there, use those.
And no, I don't think there's a faster way.
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