Spotify Won't Sync my Playlists

So I joined Spotify way back a million years ago and it uploaded my music and my playlists. That's all well and good. But it won't add the playlists I've created in Windows Media Player since then or sync any of the playlist changes I've made. How can I get it to sync this? These playlists are also in Google Play as well, so if I can't sync my Windows Media Player anymore, maybe I could sync to Google Play? Thanks so much!

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