# Action of guessing values doesn't work and then requires reinstall of MP3Tag

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-of-guessing-values-doesnt-work-and-then-requires-reinstall-of-mp3tag/43523>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 10, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-of-guessing-values-doesnt-work-and-then-requires-reinstall-of-mp3tag/43523 "2018-11-10T05:51:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jamess7995](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@jamess7995](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamess7995)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-of-guessing-values-doesnt-work-and-then-requires-reinstall-of-mp3tag/43523/1 "2018-11-10T05:51:47Z")

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I used to use an action that migrated cleanly through updates on it's own but when I reset my windows I had to reinstall programs. My file structure is songs in mp3 format file named as the song title, in a folder named after the album, and all the albums go in a folder by artist. The cover is always cover.jpg in the album folder. So I had an action that imported the cover from file cover.jpg, Guessed the vaule %title% from %\_filename%, and did the correct structure for the other guessing values. 4 actions put under one action altogether and when I run it the covers are imported but nothing else changes. Then if I go into tag using tag and manually do those actions one step at a time, it also does nothing. If I uninstall and go straight to the tag to tag instead of using actions it writes fine, but then I get hopeful and try to make my action again to just have it be one click and it then repeats everything above and I have to reinstall again

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-of-guessing-values-doesnt-work-and-then-requires-reinstall-of-mp3tag/43523/2 "2018-11-10T09:14:00Z")

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It may be worthwhile to check the settings which tag versions you read, write and delete.  
See File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg.  
It could be that you now read APE tags but you do not write them. APE tags overwrite ID3Vx tags in the display.  
A recommended setting is to delete all tag versions, but read and write only Id3Vx tags.

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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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-of-guessing-values-doesnt-work-and-then-requires-reinstall-of-mp3tag/43523/3 "2026-02-09T12:27:45Z")

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