How can I create a playlist from all songs in a single folder

On my D: drive I've got a folder called MUSIC. Under MUSIC I've got folders by artist and then album. I have no problems putting together playlists from these artists. But I have a few folders that are a combination of many different artists songs. I can't find a way to view this group in iTunes and create the a playlist from these mixed folders. It appears I'd have to hunt for all the songs individually through all my music and add them one at a time...a nightmare.

What I was hoping for was the ability to go to my MUSIC tab under my LIBRARY and add a column for file location. That way I'd sort them by folder location and grab them that way.

I created my playlist and tried to simply drag/drop the folder and/or the songs directly from windows explorer but of course that didn't work.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

iTunes 8, Windows Vista

Posted on Jul 11, 2009 7:45 PM

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Jul 11, 2009 10:05 PM in response to ed2345

Drag them from where? I've tried to drag them from windows explorer and it won't allow me. It seems the only place I can drag files from is from the iTunes library list. The problem is there is no way that I can find to just see the songs from a specific folder on my drive in the iTunes library list. It sorts them by artist, album, genre, etc....but not by folder.

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