# Shortcut on all m3u files **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 27, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815 "2023-01-27T13:52:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dostordu)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/1 "2023-01-27T13:52:18Z")
bonjour, je voudrais créer un raccourci de tous mes fichiers playlist m3u. comment le faire faire à mp3tag, merci? Hello, mp3tag is a very good tool, thanks to the creator. With it, how creating automaticaly a shortcut file for each playlist m3u file (1 m3u file per music disk, and so 1 shortcut lnk file for each m3u file), thank you. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/2 "2023-01-27T13:55:09Z")
Please use the menu File and one of the two possible (create) Playlist entries: > **[Menu File – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/menus/file/#playlist-all-files)** > > Menu File. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/8/8d42b2c8f46cdbb4f368bde69d76f34214448354.png) If you need a shortcut to your \*.m3u-Files, just right click the \*.m3u-files and then click on the context menu entry "Create shortcut". AFAIK there is no automatism in Mp3tag to create \*.lnk files for every \*.m3u playlist file. ---
**Author:** ![dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dostordu)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/3 "2023-01-27T14:42:25Z")
(I know ctrlP and ctrlshiftP). so i must do: cd disk1 right clic "create shortcut" disk1.m3u cd disk 2 right clic "create shortcut" disk1.m3u ... cd disk 1000 right clic "create shortcut" disk1000.m3u ... it is my problem I hoped that in modifying "filename of playlist" in "playlist choice" of mp3tag "options", it would be possible. Thank you for your quick answer ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/4 "2023-01-27T14:46:44Z")
You could search for all \*.m3u files in Windows File Explorer in all your \disc- subfolders at once. Then you right-click ONCE on the 1'000 selected \*.m3u files (press CTRL+A on the \*.m3u files) and create the 1'000 Shortcuts with one (left) mouse click. ---
**Author:** ![dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dostordu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/5 "2023-01-28T10:09:05Z")
Oh thank you, very good idea. But I have a popup "impossible to create shortcuts here, do you want to place the shortcut on the desktop" : it is again a problem ! ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/6 "2023-01-28T10:25:12Z")
> [@dostordu](#): > > impossible to create shortcuts here, do you want to place the shortcut on the desktop" It seems that you don't have enough access rights in the directories where you want to copy this new \*.lnk files. You can change this access rights or try to start your Windows File Explorer as Administrator. The exact "how-to" is beyond the scope of this Mp3tag forum, you should ask this in a Windows 10/11 forum. ---
**Author:** ![dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dostordu)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2023, 11:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/7 "2023-01-28T11:59:15Z")
Complicated problem. I think to be in admin mode. I am not sure, under explorer, that it is possible to make actions on a list of files which are not in the same directory. It is only possible when they are in the same directory. ---
**Author:** ![dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dostordu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dostordu)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/8 "2023-01-29T08:57:28Z")
I have a solution, the desktop elements can be extinguished from the screen with the mouse right click. So I can link 1000 playlists, they will not be seen on the screen. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-on-all-m3u-files/59815/9 "2026-02-09T12:30:01Z")