Groove Music not finding local files

Anonymous
2015-07-30T00:06:50+00:00

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?

Windows for home | Other | Music, photos, and video

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-12-28T15:02:30+00:00

    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?

    ok, the way to fix this problem is simple, just sign out the Microsoft account from the groove music and then the musics will add automatically

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-12-19T00:38:14+00:00

    I had the same problem, however, I started windows media player and it found my files! After playing awhile, groove started butting in playing random songs intermittently with WMP. I guess Groove is a slow learner by example of big brother(WMP).

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-12-11T10:33:54+00:00

    Thanks JuanMiguel! Adding a music folder to onedrive, copying one mp3 to it, adding the folder to where groove looks for music, then restarting groove worked for me. Thanks a bunch Microsoft!!!!

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-12-09T11:54:37+00:00

    Uhh Guys...

    I don't if this will help but...

    try removing all the folders in "choose where we look for music"

    then re-add them.

    After i did that, it starts detecting all of my music

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-12-07T23:18:00+00:00

    I found a way to fix it. Open Windows Media Player and there you can see the songs are getting refreshed. Next open the Groove app and the refresh will happen now like a magic. I recommend they add a Rescan/Refresh button to the Groove app.

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