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# Playlist

In Remote Desktop Manager, the ***Playlist*** button (***Edit*** – ***Playlist***), available in the ribbon or when editing an entry, provides the following options:

| SETTINGS                                 | DESCRIPTIONS                                                |
| ---------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| ***Create playlist***                    | Create a new playlist.                                      |
| ***Add selection to existing playlist*** | Add the currently selected entries to an existing playlist. |
| ***Playlist management*** **(Ctrl+G)**   | Open the playlist management window.                        |

### Create a new playlist

1. In Remote Desktop Manager's ribbon, click ***Edit*** – ***Playlist***, and choose ***Create playlist***.
2. Choose how the playlist is saved between: ***Local***, ***Shared***, and ***User vault***. Be aware that some of these are only available for certain workspaces.
3. In the ***Where do you want to get the playlist content from?*** window, select the content source: ***Selected entries in the navigation pane***, ***Opened tabbed sessions***, or ***No selection***.
4. In the ***Playlist editor***, on the ***General*** tab, enter a ***Playlist*** name and an optional ***Description***. You can also use ***Import*** to load playlist content from a file, or ***Export*** to save the current content to a file.
5. Select the ***Connections*** tab to choose the entries included in the playlist. Use the drop-down and the ***Search*** field to locate entries, then select the check box next to each entry to add. Use ***Playlist order*** to set the order in which the entries launch.
6. Select the ***Advanced*** tab to set the ***Wait delay*** (in milliseconds) between each connection.
7. Click ***Save*** to create the playlist.

### Playlist management

***Shared*** and ***User vault*** playlists take the form of entries in a vault which means they can opened/edited by right-clicking it and selecting ***Properties***, or by going to ***Edit*** – ***Playlist*** – ***Playlist management***. ***Local*** playlists can only be accessed in the ***Playlist management*** window.

**Usage**

There are five ways to use a playlist.

<table><thead><tr><th width="227.60003662109375">OPTIONS</th><th>DESCRIPTION</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Open</strong></td><td>Launch the selected playlist.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Open embedded</strong></td><td>Overrides the display selection of entries inside the playlists and launches them as embedded (some entries might not support this mode).</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Select in navigation pane</strong></td><td>Selects all entries the playlist contains in the <em><strong>navigation pane</strong></em>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Execute macro/script against</strong></td><td>Select a <em><strong>Typing macro</strong></em> (exclusively) to execute against the playlist.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Launch at startup</strong></td><td>Launch the selected playlist whenever the application starts. You can also default back to <em><strong>None</strong></em> or <em><strong>Last opened connections</strong></em>. This option is only available for <em><strong>Local</strong></em> playlists.</td></tr></tbody></table>

### See also

* [Devolutions Academy - Automating connections with playlists](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/path/1925039/activity/2667188)
* [Devolutions Academy – Breaking down common scenarios: daily task efficiency](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/activity/3380811)
* [Devolutions Academy - Streamlining daily tasks with playlists](https://academy.devolutions.net/student/activity/3407936-streamlining-daily-tasks-with-playlists)


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