# Saving filters like custom actions

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-filters-like-custom-actions/42293
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 10, 2018, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-filters-like-custom-actions/42293 "2018-07-10T22:12:11Z")
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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: [July 11, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-filters-like-custom-actions/42293/4 "2018-07-11T05:24:00Z")

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> [@sheepdisease](#):
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> It's really annoying trying to find these files manually.

You can create a Tool (File\>Options\>Tools) that opens the windows explorer with these parameters:  
`'/e,"'$getEnv('MP3TAGAPPDATA')'"'`  
This opens the Windows Explorer in the MP3tag data folder.  
Saving the configuration is performed with the function File\>Save Configuration ...

On filters and them being saved, see e.g. this thread from 2011:

> [@Labels or Descriptions for Filter Expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/labels-or-descriptions-for-filter-expressions/12361/3):
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> No, currently not. But, as a workaround you could create at a place of convenience in your file system a plain text file into which you copy the filter expression and add an explaining text. In case you need a seldomly used filter expression you could consult your text file and copy&paste it back to the filter entry box in mp3tag.

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