# \[X\] Rename folder bug
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-rename-folder-bug/15804
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [June 14, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-rename-folder-bug/15804 "2014-06-14T01:18:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@marcusj0015](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marcusj0015)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-rename-folder-bug/15804/1 "2014-06-14T01:18:33Z")
MP3Tag 2.59b copies entire folder during rename.
Here's the action: Format Value \_DIRECTORY : D:\Music\%artist%\%album%\
I have an action that music to a folder based on the artist and album name, and it's supposed to copy the music files highlighted in mp3tag to a folder based on that metadata, instead it will copy the highlighted music, and EVERYTHING else in that folder, except subfolders.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-rename-folder-bug/15804/2 "2014-06-14T03:07:02Z")
That is not a bug but a feature.
You just rename the existing folder and so all of it's content is moved to the new folder.
What else should mp3tag do with the files that are in a renamed folder?
If you want to move highlighted files to a different folder you can use an action format value for the tagfield \_filename and use backslashes to get the wanted folders.
Or you can take the convert-menue and there tag-\>filename.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-rename-folder-bug/15804/3 "2018-12-28T14:34:09Z")
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