# 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: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@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")

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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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