# Feature Request either "FAVORITE S or Recent "
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [May 19, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281 "2021-05-19T23:45:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@mrmax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmax)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281/1 "2021-05-19T23:45:21Z")
I'm certain others have requested this, but a brief search failed to come up with results, and some came up with ideas for work-arounds but they had parameteres to filter things:
Simply: Make add Favorite folder, is really adding to a list of Favorite Folders. Or make a Recent folders that were last opened, like many other applications use.
I work using MP3tag daily, I am typically using 4 or 5 folders repeatedly. Having a favorites drop down or Recent drop down both in the File menu and on the task bar, would save me a LOT of time.
I have been using MP3tag for 20 years, I think its great.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281/2 "2021-05-20T04:29:47Z")
You can set a folder in which MP3tag starts in
File\>Options\>Folders
The folder input field in the tag panel has a dropdown list that holds the last 10 visited folders. Select a folder there and press Enter and MP3tag will load that folder.
I don't know, though, if that is your favourite then.
You can add a tool (File\>Options\>Tools) that opens MP3tag in a specific folder.
So there are at least 3 ways to open frequently used folders.
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### Author:  [@mrmax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmax)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281/3 "2021-05-20T23:34:39Z")
Hi ohrenkino, thank you for giving some helpful things to try.
1st setting a starting folder, I never did that before. However, that is my main music folder with more than 10,000 songs, of course that means MP3tag immediately tries to scan all those songs, so I have to hit abort.
The 2nd suggestion works great, I can use that since I don't use more than 10 folders typically when working on songs tags.
The 3rd suggestion about making a tool, the box is looking for a file name not a folder. unless I am suppose to put some mp3tag file name with options to direct to folder??? [https://i.gyazo.com/d0af9f3654b0f89c3b54a96210f736ce.png](https://i.gyazo.com/d0af9f3654b0f89c3b54a96210f736ce.png)
again really appreciate the support and great suggestion
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281/4 "2021-05-21T03:56:38Z")
> [@mrmax](#):
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> 1st setting a starting folder, I never did that before. However, that is my main music folder with more than 10,000 songs, of course that means MP3tag immediately tries to scan all those songs, so I have to hit abort.
If you check the box for the library function, mp3tag will keep its’ own database of the tags and 10k will scan and open on just a few seconds. Only files with changes detected are read again.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-either-favorite-s-or-recent/53281/5 "2021-05-21T04:17:02Z")
> [@mrmax](#):
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> The 3rd suggestion about making a tool, the box is looking for a file name not a folder.
Use as path the path to the MP3tag installation path.
Use as
Parameter: `/fp:"%_folderpath%"`
if you want to switch to a currently loaded file's path
or enter a target path to a folder like
Parameter: `/fp:"d:\music\recent music"`