Recurse music folders with Windows Media Player 11

Question

With WinAmp one can right-click a folder in Windows Explorer (with subfolders) and select Play in WinAmp and it will recurse all folders and grab every audio file in all those folders and play them. Can this be done with WMP11? Can WMP11 recurse music folders and place all the mp3s in the Now Playing List?

Answer

Yes. Windows Media Player has this option. But the folder type template must be designated as Music or Video, in order for the Play with Windows Media Player context menu option to appear for that folder.

To customize the folder type template, right-click the folder that you want to customize, and then click Properties. On the Customize tab, under Use this folder type as a template, select one of the Music templates from the listing. If the folder contains video files, set the folder template to Videos.