# Changing Directory Name

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-directory-name/15110
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 16, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-directory-name/15110 "2013-10-16T00:19:59Z")
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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: [October 16, 2013, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-directory-name/15110/6 "2013-10-16T11:03:54Z")

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> [@battway](#):
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> ohrenkino,
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> My apologies to you but you have gone way over my head as I am a relative newbie at this. I don't have any idea what you are speaking of. You will need to slow down and explain a little more thoroughly for me to understand. Here is what my directory looks like. C:\Users\wayne-diane\Music\Steely\_Dan-The\_Very\_Best\_of-2CD-2009-ONe I would like to change the name in it to Very Best Of Steely Dan (Import) If you would like to try again that would be great but if you don't want to I will understand that too.
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> Thanks,
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> battway ![:music:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/2ba05d1ade5eb0d15fc173be6f717dbe63890a70.gif ":music:")

I hope that you have the album field already filled with "Very Best Of Steely Dan (Import)".  
Select a file from the directory "C:\Users\wayne-diane\Music\Steely\_Dan-The\_Very\_Best\_of-2CD-2009-ONe"

Now follow the instructions to create a new action as shown in the FAQs: [/t/967/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1).  
As action type select "Format value".  
As field select: \_DIRECTORY  
As format string enter: %album%

This will now name the current directory just as the data in the field ALBUM suggests.  
As the directory is renamed, all files in the directory will also be moved to the new location.

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