# Directory listing problem

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-listing-problem/45410
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 12, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-listing-problem/45410 "2019-05-12T10:03:37Z")
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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: [May 12, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-listing-problem/45410/2 "2019-05-12T10:18:32Z")

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The directory field in the tag panel shows the working directory which is the folder where the last loading action started.  
If you want to be the working directory to be the same as the file direcrtory, load only files from one folder at a time.

It is already possible to import the folder name into a tag field, see the FAQs:

> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…

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