# Additional research results for the topic "Make tag fields readable by Windows Explorer"
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062
**Category:** General Discussion
**Tags:** howto
**Created:** [August 13, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062 "2021-08-13T12:07:48Z")
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062/1 "2021-08-13T12:07:48Z")
I have done some additional research on
> [@Make tag fields readable by Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54043):
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> Great!! thank you very much! A question, maybe you can give me an answer. I often find it difficult to get the TAG data to be read by windows explorer. I'm not talking about common tags (name, artist, etc.) I wish I could have more TAGs writable in Mp3Tag and readable with windows explorer. Currently I use the Composer field to put the date (November 28, 2020) but I would like to use many of the DATA fields available but I cannot find a feasible relationship. [image] secondo voi sono giust…
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 the choosen ID3v2.3 standard
-\> shows, which tags are TXXX fields
4.) Wrote a Powershell script to read all tags on a Powershell-commmandline and show the matching file explorer columns
-\> Even Powershell itself can not read all tags. Only a small part of them.
-\> The output is valid for a german windows, the script returns the localized column names
**The somewhat surprising conclusions:**
a) Windows 10 File Explorer offers all tags/properties that he can read (the small part) for editing!
b) There is only 1 exception for a): You can not modify the content of the tag "Copyright" 😇 😂
And to be clear:
I would never suggest to use the Windows file Explorer to modify or write id3tags. Never ever!
The overall suggestion in the linked original topic remains fully valid.
Please let me know if you want to know some more details.
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### Author:  [@Nicky\_G](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nicky_G)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062/2 "2021-08-13T14:49:30Z")
moral of the story: I didn't understand anything! 😄
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062/3 "2021-08-13T14:58:11Z")
@LyricsLover thanks a lot.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2021, 8:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-research-results-for-the-topic-make-tag-fields-readable-by-windows-explorer/54062/4 "2021-08-14T08:53:30Z")
These are the english Windows file Explorer column names for the ID3 tags he can read from a mp3:
Note:
Some column names were translated really bad into German: 🤪
246 - Initial key -\> Ursprünglicher Schlüssel
(should be something like "[Vorzeichen](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorzeichen_(Musik))" in german music language)