Groove Music not finding local files

On my desktop, Groove music is not finding any of my local music files that I have in the folders I have added (mostly my existing iTunes folders).  I've tried resetting the app but still no luck.  Grabbing my OneDrive files with no problem.

Any thoughts?

I had the same problem.  I went to the folder where the music is, and clicked on the properties tab.  Then went to the Sharing tab.  Once I enabled the sharing feature, all my music showed up.  Hope this helps.

On my desktop, Groove music is not finding any of my local music files that I have in the folders I have added (mostly my existing iTunes folders).  I've tried resetting the app but still no luck.  Grabbing my OneDrive files with no problem.

Any thoughts?

I had this problem on my desktop (Windows 10 version 1607) too, I tried other solutions from different websites but none of them work on my device.

But I have found a found a solution (accidentally)

Go to Settings > System > Apps & Features> Groove Music > Advanced Options > Reset

And you're good to go.

I hope this works on your device as it works on mine.

I had the same problem.  I went to the folder where the music is, and clicked on the properties tab.  Then went to the Sharing tab.  Once I enabled the sharing feature, all my music showed up.  Hope this helps.

I was experiencing the same issue as all above until I tried Sharing the folder with myself. I shut down Groove and restarted it and it started to populate my music into the catalogue. Thanks!

Hi gwillie13

Thanks for your entry,

I seems that you are experiencing Groove Music Application finding your local music  issue. I would suggest you to try to change your music folder location and see if there is changes.

If you don't see some of your music, try switching the "Use Windows indexing" option OFF (in the Preferences section).

Kind regards,

Carlos K

I have a similar problem except that all my music files are on my hard drive and not OneDrive. However, the music/Groove app (even in Win 8.1) doesn't seem to see some of the files and tells me I need the music pass to listen to them, even though they are ALL files on my hard drive. And, I could play the playlist will no errors but 10 minutes later play the same playlist and all of a sudden some of the files aren't found.