windows media player in win 7

I have been using windows 7 for about 2 years and finally decided to set up the windows media player. It doesn't seem to have a way to go to drive c music........ and copy files to make a playlist. So what am I missing. I wound up naming a playlist folder, then copying the files from drive c to the right pane of windows media and then recopying them to the folder I had named that playlist. Seems like a step backwards to me. I couldn't copy them directly to the folder and it was just hit and miss. What did Microsoft do to the media player. Only make it to go to on line stores to get music. I only made a few playlists and they seemed to stay though after I shut down the computer and turn it back on I could find them gone.:confused:

Possible help
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/w...#1TC=windows-7

My search
https://www.google.com/search?q=mke+...player&spell=1