# 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")
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### Author: ![camelx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@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")

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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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