# Bring Up MP3Tag in TotalCommander to Read Files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 31, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577 "2022-12-31T15:50:28Z")
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### Author:  [@salaryman63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/salaryman63)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/1 "2022-12-31T15:50:28Z")
Hi There - I would like to bring Up MP3Tag in Total Commander to read selected MP3 files. Right now I have added MP3Tag to the TC button bar but it only launches MP3Tag and reads the whole directory, rather than the selected files.
My apologies if this has been discussed before but have not been able to find it yet.
Thank you
Roger
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/2 "2022-12-31T16:58:00Z")
have a look at this thread about calling MP3tag from other applications:
> [@User-defined Tools](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-tools/966/2):
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> General Information on user-defined Tools User-defined Tools are external applications that can be added via Options \> Tools to work directly from Mp3tag's main window via the context-menu of the file view (find more about this feature in the corresponding [help topic](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tools). You can also use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 to Ctrl+0 to trigger the first, second to tenth user-defined Tool on the selected files. Parameters like %\_path% should be in quotation marks, so paths and filenames with sp…
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### Author:  [@salaryman63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/salaryman63)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2022, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/3 "2022-12-31T17:06:43Z")
Thank you very much! Very helpful! Will play around with the various examples. Perhaps I need to also post to the TC Forums as I am trying to launch MP3Tag from files I select in TC.
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### Author:  [@salaryman63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/salaryman63)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/4 "2022-12-31T17:45:03Z")
Hi Everyone-I found the answer on TC Forum and tested it and it works. Here is the instruction:
"Place button on vertical bar - assign path\Mp3tag.exe and use %P%N as parameters.
Now all you have to do is select music folder and click on new button, this will launch mp3tag with selected folder. "
Link to Post: [mp3tag integration - Total Commander](https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=332389&hilit=mp3Tag#p332389)
Also including screenshot of my config in TC
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/5 "2022-12-31T22:19:01Z")
Are you really sure, that you don't have to add the Mp3tag commandline options/parameters
**/fp**
or
**/fn**
like
`Mp3tag.exe /fp:""`
to start Mp3tag with a given directory
or
`Mp3tag.exe /fn:""`
to start Mp3tag with a single file?
as mentioned here:
> **[Command Line Interface – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/command-line/)**
>
> Overview on command-line parameters to be used with Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
or noted here:
> [@Mp3tag aus TotalCommander aufrufen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-aus-totalcommander-aufrufen/10441/2):
>
> Parameter für Ordner: /fp:%P%N für einzelne Datei: /fn:%P%N NEU: Lösung für mehrere Ordner/Dateien Angehängtes Programm downloaden und in einen Ordner entpacken Das Programm auf die TC Buttonbar ziehen damit ein neuer Button angelegt wird. Folgende Änderungen an dem Button vornehmen: Als Parameter %UL eingeben Bei Startpfad muss das Feld leer sein! Wichtig: Mp3tag muss im Order C:\Programme\Mp3tag installiert sein [Mp3tagTC.rar](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/2/205e98807dbc57f19e8575bec1416ece5dcd91a5.rar) (293 KB)
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### Author:  [@salaryman63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/salaryman63)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/6 "2023-01-01T14:33:43Z")
Hi There - yes indeed it works fine-Im selecting files or folder from TC and MP3Tag comes up and reads the file/folder perfectly!
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/7 "2023-01-01T14:35:42Z")
> [@salaryman63](#):
>
> yes indeed it works fine
With or without the `/fp:` or `/fn:` options in TotalCommander?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577/8 "2023-01-31T14:36:05Z")
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