Music player doesn't show up in itunes window

I downloaded itunes and moved all my music to the itunes library and now I can't load music to my music player. I looked in Help and it said that my device should show up in the itunes window but I can't click on that window. Can someone help me?

Assuming your device is an iPod, Have a look at this article in the Apple Knowledge Base and let us know if it resolves your problem.
If your device is not an iPod, then you won't be able to use iTunes to transfer music to it.

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