# Can I specify Profile folder as startup option?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-specify-profile-folder-as-startup-option/16418
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 16, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-specify-profile-folder-as-startup-option/16418 "2014-12-16T06:26:14Z")
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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-specify-profile-folder-as-startup-option/16418/3 "2014-12-16T13:00:35Z")

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> [@ReefHound](#):
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> ... I can save configurations and then extract them as needed but this is a real hassle.  
> It would be so easy if we could simply specify the profile folder as a command line or start option in a shortcut. Then I could have multiple configurations and point to the desired one in a shortcut. Is this possible?

The problem seems to be, ...  
how to tell an application, ...  
which, when invoked, must rely on proper configuration data, ...  
... which have been built while the first setup process, ...  
when this application is in the startup phase, and it needs dedicated configuration data.

There are two threads, that might be of interest ...  
[/t/15191/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15191/1)  
[/t/16092/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/16092/1)  
... and there may be some other threads too.

DD.20141216.1500.CET

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