# Tag -\> Filename does not copy all files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 14, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800 "2008-05-14T06:37:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![barsk](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@barsk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barsk)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800/1 "2008-05-14T06:37:08Z")

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When I change the directory structure with tag -\> filename, not all files are copied into the new directory. So Album art jpegs, m3u playlists etc has to be recreated. Can this be avoided?

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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: [May 14, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800/2 "2008-05-14T18:34:49Z")

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Have a look at the [Roadmap](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/968/1). Your feature suggestion _might_ be added in an upcoming release.

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### Author: ![barsk](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@barsk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barsk)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2008, 5:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800/3 "2008-05-15T05:56:23Z")

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Ok, good to hear. The current situation is bad in two ways. Firstly it does not copy all files which belong with the album. Secondly it leaves those abandoned files as trash in my music directory tree.  
Maybe that can be avoided by moving the whole music tree to another root folder though...

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### Author: ![tekman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@tekman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tekman)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800/4 "2008-06-02T16:03:42Z")

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Look at the action described at:  
[/t/6126/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/6126/1)

Action type: Format value  
Field: \_DIRECTORY  
Formatstring: %artist% - %year% - %album%

Works for me.

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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: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-does-not-copy-all-files/6800/5 "2026-02-09T12:20:56Z")

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