Restored Windows 11 iTunes and lost most data and playlist

I needed to restore itunes on my Windows 11 PC and I used aa external backup of iTunes. Now all that shows in my itunes songs are my Apple purchases. Gone are my CD songs and all my playlists. I have tried all kinds of ways to overcome this and have failed.

Has the most recent version of iTunes implemented a radical change to the old design?

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on Dec 26, 2024 12:25 PM

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Dec 26, 2024 1:12 PM in response to NT-3176

NT-3176 wrote:

I needed to restore itunes on my Windows 11 PC and I used aa external backup of iTunes. Now all that shows in my itunes songs are my Apple purchases. Gone are my CD songs and all my playlists. I have tried all kinds of ways to overcome this and have failed.
Has the most recent version of iTunes implemented a radical change to the old design?

nope, all of your non purchase song should be in your my music folder on your computer.

Restored Windows 11 iTunes and lost most data and playlist

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