# Format Strings and Actions
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-actions/6675
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 21, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-actions/6675 "2008-04-21T13:41:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@DMC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DMC)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2008, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-actions/6675/1 "2008-04-21T13:41:37Z")
Ok here's my problem with MP3tag newer versions and why I remain using the older versions.
I remove a tag. I have the program setup to pick up the artist name and title from the file name. I click on convert from file name to tag. And immediately I get a dialouge box wanting me to choose the artist-title format for each file. There should be a default setting where I don't have to do this. just hit the convert and method and wham - every file in my list gets converted in the selected manner- in my case from filename to artist-tag. I shouldn;t have to select this option for every file.
Previous versions did not have this "problem" All the files wer converted in the same manner
secondly
In the comments section I want to add my "Handle" So I set up a COMMENTS Action I formatted the value. But when I select the files and hit actions to fill in the comments field I have to select the Comments field for every file and choose the format value Again, previous versions did not require I do this.
Makes no sense that one would have to do this.
Please return this to the way it was in 2.39 or allow a default value to be set so that everytime we do a conversion we don;t have to go through this. thanks
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-actions/6675/2 "2008-04-27T18:28:35Z")
Mp3tag remembers your previously entered format strings, so the only thing you have to do is pressing the OK button if you don't want to change the format string.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-actions/6675/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:54Z")