# AutoSelect Files Used to Open Mp3Tag
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [July 15, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055 "2015-07-15T09:35:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@skywalka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skywalka)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2015, 9:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/1 "2015-07-15T09:35:51Z")
Hi guys,
I select files in Windows Explorer & right click to open them with mp3Tag. But when mp3Tag opens it doesn't select the files. This doesn't make much sense. Most people would want all files selected. If they don't they have to go through the effort of selecting the files they do want to edit whether mp3Tag selects all or none.
Please make an option to select files in mp3Tag at startup.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/2 "2015-07-15T09:49:01Z")
> [@skywalka](#):
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> Hi guys, I select files in Windows Explorer & right click to open them with mp3Tag. But when mp3Tag opens it doesn't select the files. This doesn't make much sense. Most people would want all files selected. ...
Just curious, ...
for which following task within Mp3tag, ...
do you need a pre selected set of files in the Mp3tag listview?
DD.20150715.1348.CEST
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### Author:  [@skywalka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skywalka)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/3 "2015-07-17T07:30:26Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> Just curious, ...
> for which following task within Mp3tag, ...
> do you need a pre selected set of files in the Mp3tag listview?
>
> DD.20150715.1348.CEST
Anything that would effect multiple tracks eg. Album Artist, Album, Genre, Year, Album Art, etc...
Maybe I didn't explain it perfectly. mp3tag should automatically select the files that were selected in Windows Explorer.....This of course is all the files in mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/4 "2015-12-08T10:00:19Z")
> [@skywalka](#):
>
> ...
> Please make an option to select files in mp3Tag at startup.
>
> Thanks.
This is now available.
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### Author:  [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/5 "2015-12-10T15:57:08Z")
Florian, Thank you very much for this enhancement!
😃
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 10, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/6 "2015-12-10T16:06:23Z")
> [@JJ Johnson](#):
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> Florian, Thank you very much for this enhancement!
Glad you like it 🙂
In case you notice anything which is not working as expected, please let me know.
Kind regards
Florian
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### Author:  [@skywalka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skywalka)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2015, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autoselect-files-used-to-open-mp3tag/17055/7 "2015-12-30T12:16:28Z")
I'm loving this update.
Thanks Florian.