Play/ Play All music folder option in win 11

Ditch Microsoft Media Player and get VLC Media Player

Open VLC Media Player

Open folder with the files you want to play

When you select the folder, VLC begins playing immediately.

You can then select random, repeat, etc. as you wish from the menu at bottom.

Thank you for your suggestion. It worked great. Since Windows 11 would not let me use Open with, I made a VLC shortcut for the desktop and another for my master music folder which contains several music sub-folders. When I drag one of the music sub-folders and drop it on a VLC shortcut icon, the songs load instantaneously! and begin playing. - Very nice. As an alternate, I can open VLC, select the media tab > Open folder > navigate to the music sub-folder > selected the folder > music playback begins immediately!

Hi, Matthew et al:

You can restore the classic/Windows 10 ribbon UI on Windows 11 using a small registry edit. After doing that, you'll see the Ribbon/Music Tools and the Play/Play All option.

Hi Ramesh,

Can you kindly mention the steps to do that - I mean restoring the windows 10 ribbon UI on windows 11. Thanks.

Me too.

Only thing I do is use VLC player and open it to play a folder as a work around it loads all the music files in the folder and use the controls for shuffle etc

I found a work around, look above in the thread