# APE files problem **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-files-problem/17672 **Category:** Support **Created:** [February 21, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-files-problem/17672 "2016-02-21T20:06:44Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow) #### Post date: [February 21, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-files-problem/17672/1 "2016-02-21T20:06:44Z")
I get this strange behavior from APE files: if I play an APE file in Winamp, I have to first close it before I can move it to other folder. Also, if the APE file has been played in Winamp, I have to close it before I can save changes done to it in Mp3tag. Somehow the files gets blocked by Winamp- and the same hing happens with Media Player Classic. And with BS.Player Pro, if I have an APE loaded to it, I can change tags in it via Mp3tag with no problem; but if I move it to some other folder then a "copy" is created in that new folder, while at the same time the original file is still in the source folder [disappearing from it the moment I close the BS.Player] So this is not a fault of Mp3tag, but of my Windows 7 x64 or the APEs themselves; but it also manifests itself in Mp3tag, making it pretty useless for me to use it for APEs in my workflow Does anyone have some solutions or info about this issue; had the same or similar problems? --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-files-problem/17672)._