Transfer all music from PC to iTunes, but add file to library only does one album at a time

I want to add all music on my PC to iTunes, but if I go to the menu and add file to library I would have to do this for each album individually and i have well over 100 albums.  That is way too time consuming. 
Is there a way for it to search automatically?

Enable the menu bar with CTRL+B or open temporarily with ALT, then use File > Add folder to library.
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