# \[X\] Audacity file load bug
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [November 16, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381 "2015-11-16T20:19:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2015, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/1 "2015-11-16T20:19:11Z")
I've noticed either a bug or just a very user unfriendly behavior
If I have a list of files in the main window of Mp3tag and then select one for the purpose of dragging it and releasing it in [on window of] Audacity [2.1.0], then this file is loaded in Audacity- but at the same time it disappears from the list in Mp3tag; just as if it was removed or deleted by me. That kind of behavior is simply annoying and also time consuming- because usually I have to once again load that file into Mp3tag
Is this the biding of Mp3tag or is it somehow the fault of Audacity?
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/2 "2015-11-17T01:35:49Z")
> [@zerow](#):
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> ...a list of files in the main window of Mp3tag and then select one for the purpose of dragging it and releasing it in [on window of] Audacity [2.1.0], then this file is loaded in Audacity- but at the same time it disappears from the list in Mp3tag; just as if it was removed or deleted by me....
Instead, use a Tool.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/3 "2015-11-17T03:09:41Z")
> [@zerow](#):
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> I've noticed either a bug or just a vert user unfriendly behavior. ... Is this the biding of Mp3tag or is it somehow the fault of Audacity?
Use [Ctrl]+[DragAndDrop].
DD.20151117.0509.CET
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/4 "2015-11-17T05:31:40Z")
> [@zerow](#):
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> ...r is it somehow the fault of Audacity?
It is the _behaviour_ of Audacity - it is no fault or bug, it is the way this application is designed.
See this thread on D&D:
[/t/14484/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/14484/1)
(Why do you report a bug about absolutely normal Windows behaviour?)
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/5 "2015-11-17T19:18:08Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
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> Use [Ctrl]+[DragAndDrop].
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> DD.20151117.0509.CET
Yes
A simple addition of CTRL does the trick
Although every time I will forget to push the CTRL or push it not hard enough [I have silicon keyboard, because of the quiet required for sound editing] the problem problem will manifest itself
> [@ryerman](#):
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> Instead, use a Tool.
That also does the trick
And also opens the Audacity itself; unfortunately a new instance for every file and only for the first file from a selected group of files
But I will menage with the combination of those two
**New question:** can a Tool be used to create a shortuct to a folder?
I often send my files to two special folders. And right now I have to use the Move option first to move them to Documents; and from Documents I move them to one of those two [while being in a file handling software; I don't use windows Explorer at all]
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> It is the _behaviour_ of Audacity - it is no fault or bug, it is the way this application is designed.
>
> See this thread on D&D:
> [/t/14484/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/14484/1)
>
> (Why do you report a bug about absolutely normal Windows behaviour?)
I reported as I said: not knowing if it is just an user unfriendly
And as I also drag files from Mp3tag into Sound Forge sound editor, in which case the files stay on the list, I had a reason to suspect some kind of a bug
But as you have already explained it there [/t/14484/2 it is the designers of Audacity who decided to remove files after dropping them
Thank you for the info
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/6 "2015-11-17T21:03:57Z")
> [@zerow](#):
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> **New question:** can a Tool be used to create a shortuct to a folder?
> I often send my files to two special folders. And right now I have to use the Move option first to move them to Documents; and from Documents I move them to one of those two [while being in a file handling software; I don't use windows Explorer at all]
I am unclear about what you want to accomplish.
1. Do you want to create a short-cut on the Desktop that you can double-click and thereby open a particular folder?
or
2. Are you unable to use the Move option to navigate to a target folder and therefore want a short-cut method to move files?
#2 can be done with a Tool that executes a BAT file.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/7 "2015-11-18T19:47:44Z")
> [@ryerman](#):
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> I am unclear about what you want to accomplish.
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> 1. Do you want to create a short-cut on the Desktop that you can double-click and thereby open a particular folder?
> or
> 2. Are you unable to use the Move option to navigate to a target folder and therefore want a short-cut method to move files?
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> #2 can be done with a Tool that executes a BAT file.
I can but do not want to navigate
And shortcut on desktop or in Documents will take space and will require [limited but stil the need] to navigate
What I want is to do is:
a] I have files loaded to Mp3tag
b] choose and select one [or more]
c] click right button of the mouse
d] select Tools in the middle of menu
e] select something like "SEND TO FOLDER A" or "COPY TO FOLDER B" [or just push "CTRL + 1", "CTRL + 2"
This would save me a lot of time; I've already have done it hundreds of times and will thousands of times
Does this can be done with a BAT file [which I can put in Tools]?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/8 "2015-11-18T19:51:01Z")
Isn't this even less a bug? What about a decent new thread?
If you create an action (Format value) to rename the folder (\_DIRECTORY) or the files (\_FILENAME) with an absolute path, it moves the files to a new location.
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### Author:  [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/9 "2015-11-28T17:13:39Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Isn't this even less a bug? What about a decent new thread?
Here's the new thread: [/t/17406/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/17406/1)
And thank you for that solution
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-audacity-file-load-bug/17381/10 "2018-12-28T14:37:28Z")
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