# Copying and moving files shows only folders structure \[in Windows 10\]

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-and-moving-files-shows-only-folders-structure-in-windows-10/56940>\
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**Created:** [April 4, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-and-moving-files-shows-only-folders-structure-in-windows-10/56940 "2022-04-04T13:33:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-and-moving-files-shows-only-folders-structure-in-windows-10/56940/1 "2022-04-04T13:33:53Z")

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If the user [while running on Windows 10] selects some files and chooses to either `Move` or `Copy` them, then a window of Explorer pop-up, allowing for navigation. However the issue with it is that it shows the folders but does not revels files residing in them

Is this a normal behavior of this operating system? Does other pieces of software also hide files? And if yes- could this be changed by / within Mp3tag?

After all in probably every program when you save a file or try to open a file in it, the navigation windows show files within folders that are in proper format, with most of the programs allowing also to reveal all files [in unrelated formats]. And I know that Mp3tag is not a file-handler, but that does not mean that it could not show the user the files on the user's machine when navigating through folders

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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:** [April 4, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-and-moving-files-shows-only-folders-structure-in-windows-10/56940/2 "2022-04-04T13:34:52Z")

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> [@Zerow](#):
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> Is this a normal behavior of this operating system?

Yes.  
You select a target folder, not a target file.  
see also:

> [@Files do not appear in Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-do-not-appear-in-windows-explorer/18825):
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> I installed MP3Tag V2.81 as a portable installation in Windows 10. In MP3Tag, when I select a directory that contains music files, the files do not appear in the File Explorer window. It is only after I "select folder" do I see what files are in that directory. How can I enable MP3Tag to display these files in the File Explorer? Thanks.

(Which describes the WIndows behaviour as found in 2017)

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-and-moving-files-shows-only-folders-structure-in-windows-10/56940/3 "2022-05-04T13:35:23Z")

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