# How to save all settings

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** installation\
**Created:** [March 24, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470 "2023-03-24T12:16:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jacobacci)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470/1 "2023-03-24T12:16:45Z")

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I usually recreate my settings by copying the content of Mp3tagSettings.zip to the correct directory. Up to now this has worked fine.  
However recently on a new install done this way I noticed that my columns had been reset to standard and all my previous format strings in the convert functions had disappeared.  
Before I recreate all of this now, I would like to know if these two parameters are copied over by using Mp3tagSettings.zip.

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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:** [March 24, 2023, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470/2 "2023-03-24T12:24:30Z")

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> [@jacobacci](#):
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> I would like to know if these two parameters are copied over by using Mp3tagSettings.zip

You can open the zip file and check whether you find the files columns.ini and mp3tag.cfg in the archive (I did).  
To apply the archive you would have to unpack it in the configuration folder.

More ... see the documentation

> **[Download and Installation – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/installation/)**
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> Details on where to download Mp3tag, Mp3tag's different installation modes, and system requirements for the usage of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.

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**Author:** ![jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jacobacci)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470/3 "2023-03-24T12:44:49Z")

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Thanks @ohrenkino  
I found the columns.ini file inside the zip. I must have pulled a settings.zip from the wrong machine along the way. I'll make a new configuration and then pull the settings.zip again.

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**Author:** ![jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jacobacci)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470/4 "2023-03-24T14:36:30Z")

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I think I didn't make sure that the old ini files were actually overwritten from the zip. I have now done the whole process again, starting with the settings.zip I had and everything is back. Thanks for the hints.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-all-settings/60470/5 "2023-04-23T14:37:14Z")

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