Windows 11 How do I get Windows Media Player to recognize the files it sent to "Unknown Artist?"

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Betsy Warren

I recently bought a new PC and thought my music files, stored in my One Drive, would transfer to Media Player or Windows Media Player Legacy. Some are showing up as normal, but most aren't. I have 2,800 songs showing up in "Unknown Artist" where before, they were all organized in folders by artist and album. I don't know how to get either Media Player or Windows Media Player Legacy to have them show up as I originally had them stored. To find all of those CDs and re-rip them into new files to this new computer would be a stupid waste of time. Is there an easy fix to this or am I screwed? One

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