# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=91

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## [Recovering saved files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recovering-saved-files/59306)

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**Author:** [@A1Foxxy123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/A1Foxxy123)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recovering-saved-files/59306 "2022-12-05T15:32:27Z")

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Hi All, I am new to all of this, so please be patient with me. I exported some songs to Mp3tag.csv, then I started to edit the file. I then had to leave so I clicked on the save button, now I can't find the file. Please …

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## [Reinstalled Windows Now I need help with Mp3Tag Settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reinstalled-windows-now-i-need-help-with-mp3tag-settings/59299)

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**Author:** [@SweetGamerChic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SweetGamerChic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2022, 6:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reinstalled-windows-now-i-need-help-with-mp3tag-settings/59299 "2022-12-05T06:37:30Z")

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I have been using Mp3Tag for a few years now and just recently needed to reinstall my windows 10 on my older laptop. So now I need to get back to where I was with my Mp3Tag program. 1 is there any suggestions anyone can…

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## [Mp3tag command line?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-command-line/59297)

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**Author:** [@MrMix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrMix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-command-line/59297 "2022-12-04T18:16:12Z")

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Hello, I'm using this great program for more than 6 years. I need to check if the field isrc has some data for almost 20000 files. I could load the files with group of hundred but it'll take sometime to edit them all …

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## [Email appears in front of the title and interpret](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/email-appears-in-front-of-the-title-and-interpret/59274)

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**Author:** [@djtoto](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djtoto)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/email-appears-in-front-of-the-title-and-interpret/59274 "2022-12-04T08:01:23Z")

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I have a problem when I open the track in mp3 tag then an email appears in front of the title and interpret name how can I remove that at once from 10 tracks Thank you for help

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## [Sony Android Walkman](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276)

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**Author:** [@PieterB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PieterB)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-android-walkman/59276 "2022-12-03T13:44:45Z")

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I tried to use MP3TAG with my hardwired USB connected Sony Walkman (Android), set to file transfer, to check/change FLAC files. MP3TAG didn't want those files. Normal file transfer (copy/move) between Walkman and PC (vic…

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## [I updated from 32 to 64bit, can I delete the 32bit version without deleting my settings?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269)

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**Author:** [@mrmech](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmech)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2022, 8:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-updated-from-32-to-64bit-can-i-delete-the-32bit-version-without-deleting-my-settings/59269 "2022-12-03T08:41:17Z")

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I updated from 32 to 64bit, can I delete the 32bit version without deleting my settings? Thanks!

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## [How to Remove Letters before "/" in Title Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268)

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**Author:** [@MayorBryce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MayorBryce)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-letters-before-in-title-tag/59268 "2022-12-02T20:42:10Z")

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I have a number of files with title tags that are partially in Japanese. It goes "Japanese title / English title". Ex: 一絲希望／A Single Wish I'm sure this has come up before, but I'm not sure how to retag my files to remo…

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## [Request approach to extract track and title to tag from existing title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-approach-to-extract-track-and-title-to-tag-from-existing-title/59263)

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**Author:** [@ChiefCass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChiefCass)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-approach-to-extract-track-and-title-to-tag-from-existing-title/59263 "2022-12-02T20:05:13Z")

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Hello. New user attempting to use some of the power embedded in MP3Tag. Unfortunately, I am very poor in understanding formatting, Perl , delimiting, etc. etc. I have a large set of files that has BOTH the filename and …

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## [Is there an album artwork finder for 1000's of songs? Automated?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-an-album-artwork-finder-for-1000s-of-songs-automated/59250)

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**Author:** [@orbit317](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/orbit317)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-an-album-artwork-finder-for-1000s-of-songs-automated/59250 "2022-12-01T06:51:36Z")

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I was wondering if there is an automated album artwork finder that automatically takes its best guess according to the title/name/album. I have most of my itunes library with artwork, but the rest of my collection does n…

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## [Add delay to export + import to and from the same file in action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-delay-to-export-import-to-and-from-the-same-file-in-action/59244)

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**Author:** [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-delay-to-export-import-to-and-from-the-same-file-in-action/59244 "2022-11-30T16:31:39Z")

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This is my action to calculate the average bitrate for non-flac albums and store that as for example \[MP3 255\] at the end of the album tag. When I use variables in the path for this export action: $loop(%\_filename\_e…

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## [Can save cover graphic to wav file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-save-cover-graphic-to-wav-file/59212)

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**Author:** [@roadstar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/roadstar)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-save-cover-graphic-to-wav-file/59212 "2022-11-28T09:43:30Z")

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Why does mp3tag let you save a cover graphic to a wav file? They don't show up anywhere, I wonder, is there any point in doing this? Just curious. (I'm using mp3tag to add tags to some wav files.) Thanks.

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## [Flac version 1.4.x and tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-version-1-4-x-and-tags/59228)

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**Author:** [@fpefpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fpefpe)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-version-1-4-x-and-tags/59228 "2022-11-29T19:57:13Z")

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as is turns out, with version 1.4.x of flac if will flag the flac file to be in error if it contains a ID3v2 tag --- is there anyway that mp3tag can find and edit them out?

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## [Removing a portion of a tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-portion-of-a-tag/59236)

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**Author:** [@Nayeenanajar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nayeenanajar)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-portion-of-a-tag/59236 "2022-11-29T17:56:58Z")

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Hello all, I have a feeling this is probably something relatively simple but I'd like to remove a portion/section in the ALBUM field for hundreds of files. All formatted the same. Basically; 041 - Various Artists - The…

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## [Delete multiple numbers in title field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-multiple-numbers-in-title-field/59216)

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**Author:** [@Alain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alain)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-multiple-numbers-in-title-field/59216 "2022-11-29T07:51:37Z")

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Hello, I would like to delete the expression CTXXX in the title field of files, XXX being a series of 3 digits specific to each file. For example CT121 for file n°1, CT132 for file n°2, etc. How can I do this ? Thanks…

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## [A regex queries to delete the first instance of everything in a parenthesis](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-regex-queries-to-delete-the-first-instance-of-everything-in-a-parenthesis/59233)

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**Author:** [@lordlance](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lordlance)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 6:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-regex-queries-to-delete-the-first-instance-of-everything-in-a-parenthesis/59233 "2022-11-29T06:33:44Z")

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I want a simple regex to delete the first instance of everything in a parenthesis, i.e. capture everything after the parenthesis. I wrote a simple code which works: regex101: build, test, and debug regex But running it …

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## [Replacement String not working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacement-string-not-working/59224)

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**Author:** [@Paul65](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paul65)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacement-string-not-working/59224 "2022-11-28T21:59:54Z")

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Hi All, Hope one of you wizards can point out what I'm doing wrong please. I've been using MP3Tag for a while but cannot fathom out why I'm stuck on this issue. I'm trying to replace the contents between square brackets…

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## [Appending to title field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/appending-to-title-field/59181)

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**Author:** [@lordlance](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lordlance)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/appending-to-title-field/59181 "2022-11-28T19:44:28Z")

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I wanted to add '(Complete Show)' to a bunch of my tracks so I used quick regex, selected title and: Match: (.\*) Replace: \\1 (Complete Show) I always get 2 complete shows for some reason: What's going on?

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## [Sanity check on action submenus](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sanity-check-on-action-submenus/59225)

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**Author:** [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sanity-check-on-action-submenus/59225 "2022-11-28T19:07:25Z")

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Try as I might I can't seem to get action submenus to work. I created an empty action group called test#test1 and another action group with 1 action like this: The action within test1 does this: Using test1 dir…

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## [Import covers-jpg into selected audio files (or folder) with identical name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-covers-jpg-into-selected-audio-files-or-folder-with-identical-name/59202)

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**Author:** [@clalos33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/clalos33)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-covers-jpg-into-selected-audio-files-or-folder-with-identical-name/59202 "2022-11-27T18:22:46Z")

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Hi, I need to create an action to import Jpg-CoverArt into a group of selected Flac-audio files with identical names. The Jpg-Covers could be in the same folder as the audio files or in a separate folder (Es.D/Covers). P…

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## [Removing space at the end of a song](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-space-at-the-end-of-a-song/50646)

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**Author:** [@DJ-Y](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJ-Y)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-space-at-the-end-of-a-song/50646 "2022-11-27T15:43:48Z")

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Hi, is there a way to systematically remove a space et the end of a song title, artist that I may have added my mistake? Thanks, JY

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## [Tool in Mp3Tag to call an URL in a Streaming Service](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-in-mp3tag-to-call-an-url-in-a-streaming-service/59201)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-in-mp3tag-to-call-an-url-in-a-streaming-service/59201 "2022-11-27T15:02:07Z")

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I would like to use an MP3Tag tool to access an Apple Music album in the Chrome browser in the most direct way. The indirect way via the Google search (Google....) with the addition of the parameters for artist and albu…

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## [Renaming and moving .lrc files using the same pattern used for songs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-and-moving-lrc-files-using-the-same-pattern-used-for-songs/59174)

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**Author:** [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 7:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-and-moving-lrc-files-using-the-same-pattern-used-for-songs/59174 "2022-11-26T07:09:00Z")

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Often I don't want (Remaster) or (Live) to remain in the title tag of my files. Removing those is easy with regex replace. I then rename all the songs via "convert -\> tag-filename" to the pattern and folder structure …

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## [How to combine files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-combine-files/59182)

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**Author:** [@woezel1980](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woezel1980)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 26, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-combine-files/59182 "2022-11-26T13:27:22Z")

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I have a set of mp3 files, A, about 10,000 pieces, in a certain order. The order is incorporated in the file name and track number. Then I have a set of FLAC files, B, about 7000 pieces. Without order. Each of these 700…

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## [How to add column itunespurchasedate so I can identify the songs I bought in Itunes?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-column-itunespurchasedate-so-i-can-identify-the-songs-i-bought-in-itunes/59185)

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**Author:** [@orbit317](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/orbit317)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-column-itunespurchasedate-so-i-can-identify-the-songs-i-bought-in-itunes/59185 "2022-11-24T22:25:57Z")

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I know I can add many columns as well as modifying pre-existing ones, however I have a mix in my music collection, where half were bought on Itunes and the other half was ripped from CD's a long time ago. I want to be ab…

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## [Filter on " character?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-on-character/59170)

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**Author:** [@svenhol](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/svenhol)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2022, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-on-character/59170 "2022-11-23T10:24:32Z")

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Hi, I've tried this : "$len($regexp(%title%,'\[^"\]',))" IS 4 to filter on " character but this won't work, but it works on other characters like (-,?,=). What am I doing wrong?

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## [Problems after upgrading to 3.18](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969)

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**Author:** [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-after-upgrading-to-3-18/58969 "2022-11-24T05:53:37Z")

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Now I have upgraded mp3Tag to 3.18 version. I like most of it. The problem is that all my tags (made with the former versions) are gone! I can say that because Windows Media Player is still showing me the former tags. S…

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## [Create tag from filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-tag-from-filename/59166)

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**Author:** [@woezel1980](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woezel1980)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-tag-from-filename/59166 "2022-11-22T08:50:22Z")

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Hello, I have a bunch of filenames that I would like to use to create the tracknumbers from. For example: 2007\_014\[CD\]\[PB\] Gerard Joling - Maak Me Gek.mp3 The track number should be 14 Note that there are a few with…

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## [How can I improve the following slow process of tagging keys?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-improve-the-following-slow-process-of-tagging-keys/59142)

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**Author:** [@r4ndom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/r4ndom)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 22, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-improve-the-following-slow-process-of-tagging-keys/59142 "2022-11-22T07:16:59Z")

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Hello everyone, I know there MUST BE a faster way of doing the following... I am currently adding a tag to the "Comment" column that is based on the key of my sample file. What I am currently doing is the analyzing my e…

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## [Sort by folder year Z-A first THEN by filename A-Z](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-by-folder-year-z-a-first-then-by-filename-a-z/59114)

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**Author:** [@lakecityransom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lakecityransom)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 20, 2022, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-by-folder-year-z-a-first-then-by-filename-a-z/59114 "2022-11-20T12:11:37Z")

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I have struggled to get 2-column sorting to work properly. I've researched and found the common answer is to make a custom column with a sort by set to %column A% %Column B%. This sort of works, but the ordering isn't go…

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## [Import with text file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-with-text-file/58943)

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**Author:** [@thaiskylab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thaiskylab)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2022, 6:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-with-text-file/58943 "2022-11-19T06:48:49Z")

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Is there a way to stop using last-used text file ? If Importing using a text file the next import no matter what drive-folder chosen goes back to the same directory used last.

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