# .bat file to automatically load state?
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [May 20, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373 "2020-05-20T13:48:26Z")
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### Author:  [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373/1 "2020-05-20T13:48:26Z")
Hello!
Imagine I have a folder structure as:
Base -\> Particles -\> Content.vtk
Is it possible to define a state using Paraview, which uses “Content.vtk”, and then from command line do something like (pseudo syntax);
loadstate: mystate.pvsm folder: Base
So I can work much faster than having to manually click all the time.
Kind regards
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373/3 "2020-05-21T02:57:51Z")
`paraview --state=yourState.pvsm` will let you load directly without letting you choose the folder. Is that what you want ?
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### Author:  [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373/4 "2020-05-21T16:31:19Z")
Almost! I would like it so that I can run this state on files in different folders. I might have the same simulation with different resolution for example three folders;
Sim1 (dx = 0.5)
Sim2 (dx = 0.25)
Sim3 (dx = 0.05)
And then inside each folder I will have a vtk with the same name, for example “Content.vtk”, and then I want by using a state in a fast manner to view contents in Paraview.
Kind regards
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373/5 "2020-05-22T02:52:57Z")
I’m afraid this is not supported yet. I think it would made sense to add a `--state-directory` option to cover your use case. Feel free to open an issue on our gitlab :
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues)
In the meantime, the only work around I can think of is to edit your file with a script in order to change the directory directly in it.
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### Author:  [@AhmedSalih3d](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/AhmedSalih3d)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/bat-file-to-automatically-load-state/4373/6 "2020-05-22T15:55:36Z")
I am not sure if I have done it correctly, but I opened a new issue here:
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19948](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/19948)
Kind regards