# Copying files instead of moving when restructuring
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-files-instead-of-moving-when-restructuring/14361
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 18, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-files-instead-of-moving-when-restructuring/14361 "2013-01-18T08:05:02Z")
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### Author:  [@dbenyakar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dbenyakar)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2013, 8:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-files-instead-of-moving-when-restructuring/14361/1 "2013-01-18T08:05:02Z")
HI
I have fixed the tags for my music files and now I would like to use the Tag-\>Filename function in order to re-structure the folders/files in new music folder using an expression that starts with x:\newfolder\artists....
I have two questions:
1. Can I move over what ever is left in the remaining old folders? such as cover.jpg automatically?
2. Can I copy the files to the new structure instead of moving?
Regards
Danny.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-files-instead-of-moving-when-restructuring/14361/2 "2013-01-18T08:14:27Z")
> [@dbenyakar](#):
>
> ...x:\newfolder\artists....
> I have two questions:
>
> 1. Can I move over what ever is left in the remaining old folders? such as cover.jpg automatically?
> 2. Can I copy the files to the new structure instead of moving?
>
> Regards
> Danny.
None of the above with the converter.
If you want to move a whole folder (question 1)to a new location then this is more or less a "renaming".
You do that with an action (instead of the converter) of the type "Format tag field" for the field \_DIRECTORY
Enter a fomat string a fully qualified pathname without filename, so following your example:
x:\newfolder\artists\%artist%\%year - %album%
MP3tag does not copy - you would have to do yourself, but then you can easily rename the files with the given action.