My music library is not visable in itunes however i can see it in windows explorer in itunes media file how do i make available to itunes library?

My Music File is not visable in itunes however I can see i in windows explorer in the itunes media file under music how do i make it visable again in itunes?

Drag the music from the iTunes media Folder into iTunes.
Use iTunes to Add Folder to Library. Use the ALT key, followwd by the F key and then the D key (that's File/Add Folder to Library) and navigate to the folder and select.

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