# Select multiple files won't open Mp3tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-multiple-files-wont-open-mp3tag/3720
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 2, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-multiple-files-wont-open-mp3tag/3720 "2006-09-02T09:32:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Apesbrain](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/apesbrain/32/21_2.png) [@Apesbrain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Apesbrain)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 9:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-multiple-files-wont-open-mp3tag/3720/1 "2006-09-02T09:32:06Z")

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This is a minor complaint - I love this app and use it all the time - but it would be great if the right-click "Mp3tag" option in WinXP worked when multiple items (files, folders) are selected.

It could be my WinXP settings, but whenever I have multiple items highlighted -\> right-click -\> select "Mp3tag", nothing happens. Then I remember that this doesn't work and instead just highlight one item, do the same thing and all is well. In fact, this actually opens _everything_ in that folder in Mp3tag so it accomplishes the intended goal. Just something I constantly have to remember and not consistent with how other Windows apps work.

Thanks.

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-multiple-files-wont-open-mp3tag/3720/2 "2006-09-02T11:44:52Z")

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Mp3tag works folder based and does not support loading multiple folders once. You would have to manually add them afterwards.

I see that several users are confused because of this and suggest to remove the context menu of audio files / playlists and only add a context menu entry for folders and drives.

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-multiple-files-wont-open-mp3tag/3720/3 "2006-09-02T16:10:55Z")

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> [@Sebastian Mares](#):
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> I see that several users are confused because of this and suggest to remove the context menu of audio files / playlists and only add a context menu entry for folders and drives.

On my Windows XP system I can invoke MP3tag via the right click OpenWith dialog.  
I really like to click anywhere on a mp3file and have Mp3tag fully opened in the right folder context.

DD.20060902.2010

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### Author: ![bobkoure](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@bobkoure](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobkoure)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2006, 11:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-multiple-files-wont-open-mp3tag/3720/4 "2006-09-09T11:57:02Z")

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> [@Sebastian Mares](#):
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> I ..suggest to remove the context menu of audio files / playlists and only add a context menu entry for folders and drives.

Sebastian's absolutely right (speaking from 10+ years of architecting software apps).