# Manually rearrange files and number them accordingly
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [August 15, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660 "2006-08-15T04:08:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@pigster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pigster)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660/1 "2006-08-15T04:08:32Z")
Hi!
Is it possible to manually rearrange the files (drag them up/down with the mouse or any other method)? If yes, how could I rename the files or change the track number to reflect the order of the files? So that the file moved up to the first place could be renamed to01.mp3 and / or get the track number 1. The second 02.mp3, tracknr 2, etc...
I hope there's a solution.
pigster
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660/2 "2006-08-15T05:09:55Z")
Hold the ALT key pressed while moving the files up and down.
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### Author:  [@pigster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pigster)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 5:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660/3 "2006-08-15T05:37:50Z")
Thank you! It works.
Now how do I rename the files to get filenames based on their position (01.mp3, 02.mp3, etc). I tried to create a column $num(\_counter%,2) but it shows only 00-s.
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660/4 "2006-08-15T05:49:03Z")
You could use the auto-numbering wizard and add track numbers, which you then use to generate the file names, or if you don't want to use track numbers, use the Tag-Filename converter with $num(%\_counter%,2).
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### Author:  [@pigster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pigster)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2006, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-rearrange-files-and-number-them-accordingly/3660/5 "2006-08-15T06:08:29Z")
Thank you! This works too. I figured out myself your first solution for renaming but the tag -\> file $num(%\_counter%).mp3 is just what I was looking for. Big help!
Thank you!