ITunes wont recognize music files

Windows 7
Dell Inspiron PC
Much to my regret, I moved music files and now itunes cant find them. They are simply transparent to itunes; not listed in the songs list.  I tried to change the iTunes advanced settings for file location to no avail.
I managed to find most of the music files on my C drive using Windows Explorer.  When I click and play the music directly from WE, itunes launches and the song magically becomes part of the itunes library list of songs.  I have over 3,000 songs ...is there a simple way to get itunes to recognize all of them without a set of clicks.
Thanks  for your help

Open iTunes to Music view.  Then find the folder of songs and drag it into the open Music window.
(If you normally run iTunes in full screen mode, make it smaller so you can find the folder and do the drag.)

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