# How to not click replace every time when changing folder names
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 5, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387 "2021-12-05T12:41:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@atari215](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/atari215)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/1 "2021-12-05T12:41:49Z")
I'm using an action to rename mass folders based on metadata from flac/mp3s which works 100% fine. Only issue is it asks for EVERY folder whether i want to replace the files inside or not which is just driving me fkn bananas lol. Any way to remove this prompt? or make a script within mp3tag that can automatically replace/skip the prompt for me?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/2 "2021-12-05T13:10:47Z")
Have you checked File\>Options\>Messages
whether an option there helps you?
If it doesn't then you see OS messages and you have to find out how to suppress those.
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### Author:  [@atari215](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/atari215)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/3 "2021-12-05T20:32:18Z")
there isnt. but i suppose nothings gonna help my case after doing some research. shy of an autoclicker i suppose. But i have another question instead. Is there a way i can create an action to place tracks into a folder based on metadata. then have those folders placed in a parent folder in the same action? essentially so i can make a folder named after each music label and put the releases into subdirectories?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/4 "2021-12-05T20:38:36Z")
> [@atari215](#):
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> create an action to place tracks into a folder based on metadata. then have those folders placed in a parent folder
See e.g. here:
> [@move files to parent folder & rename that folder in one actiongroup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-files-to-parent-folder-rename-that-folder-in-one-actiongroup/14685):
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> Is it possible to move files to parent folder & rename that folder in one actiongroup? I have tried different approaches, but all atempts created a new folder and left the parent folder as an empty folder. example: situation: music\parent folder\folder\file.mp3 goal: music\folder\file.mp3 my attempts: music\folder\file.mp3 music\parent folder\ For documentation and discussion, two action groups which left the an empty parent folder: first try: Begin Action Group &Ordner Umbenennen#Üb…
The basic idea: create an action of the type "Format value" for directory and set an absolute path with text constants like "`d:\mymusic`" and variable like %label%, e.g. "`d:\mymusic%label%"
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### Author:  [@atari215](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/atari215)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/5 "2021-12-05T22:23:48Z")
cool thanks. so for instance i can just replace mymusic with any placeholder and still use %label% and it will draw from the metadata as long as theres a constant correct? Don't wanna try and screw somethin up lol.
edit: tried with 1 release. Works, thank you man i appreciate it. Saved me lots of time having to deal with all that. If it was like a few hundred it'd be whatever but millions... don't even wanna think about how much carpal tunnel one would get lol.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/6 "2021-12-06T07:32:03Z")
Just to get that clear:
my reference to constants and variables tried to point out that you can mix these as freely as you like until they match your requirements.
For the path itself I assume that you could use something like
`d:\mymusic\%label%\%albumartist%\%year% - %album%`
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-not-click-replace-every-time-when-changing-folder-names/55387/7 "2026-02-09T12:29:33Z")