# Auto select-all when starting up
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [November 30, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184 "2012-11-30T21:53:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@camelx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/camelx)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184/1 "2012-11-30T21:53:08Z")
I will always use mp3tag in this way:
1. right click on album directory and select Mp3Tag
2. then the first thing I have to do, thousands of times so far is "Edit" menu, "Select All Files" or I do a Ctrl-A
I KNOW, many have their reasons that we should browse for files within Mp3Tag, but this way works for me and MANY OTHERS here.
Could it just be a simple option that is "off" for your defaults, but the rest of us to put a check mark in "Automatically Select all Files at program start"?
I have never had a problem with tags, or issues by starting my mp3 session with a right click on the directory. If this is such a problem with the not recommended way, then why don't you get rid of the right click?
Thanks in advance, don't get me wrong here.........there is NOTHING like Mp3Tage and I will continue to use it.
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### Author:  [@HarmonRT](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HarmonRT)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184/2 "2012-12-24T11:35:36Z")
I agree with your suggestion. In a worst case basis, there should be an icon; or at least, a right click context menu for "Select All".
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### Author:  [@risk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/risk)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184/3 "2014-03-17T14:28:25Z")
+1 This would be helpful even as a startup Option that can be toggled.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2022, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184/4 "2022-03-26T11:01:36Z")
This is possible since Mp3tag v2.73 released back in 2015! I've added a configuration option at
**Options → General → Select files automatically**
which enables the automatic selection of files that are added to Mp3tag’s File List.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-select-all-when-starting-up/14184/5 "2022-03-26T11:13:29Z")