# Adding to Tag Panel and Visibility of Tag in Windows Explorer

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-to-tag-panel-and-visibility-of-tag-in-windows-explorer/64286
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** player
**Created:** [April 3, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-to-tag-panel-and-visibility-of-tag-in-windows-explorer/64286 "2024-04-03T15:41:50Z")
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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: [April 10, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-to-tag-panel-and-visibility-of-tag-in-windows-explorer/64286/5 "2024-04-10T15:35:44Z")

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The windows explorer is no good test bed to verify the validity of entries in various fields.  
Here is a thread that shows which MP3tag fields map to something that the Windows Explorer might show:

> [@Additional research results for the topic "Make tag fields readable by Windows Explorer"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062):
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> I have done some additional research on 1.) Filled a mp3 with every offered field from Mp3tag (ALT + T Reset fields, added every choosable field with describing content) 2.) Let exiftool read all this tags -\> It has some problems with proprietary tags like WFED, MVNM or GRP1 3.) Let my own tagviewer read all this tags -\> shows, which tags does not strictly belong to t…

In general: the field for

> [@xpac5896a](#):
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> ALBUMYEAR

is YEAR - and as only individual files can have tags, it is the year of the title.  
It is of course possible to create user-defined fields like ALBUMYEAR but these are usually not displayed in Windows Explorer.

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