# Cannot convert tag to filename v3.20 64-bit

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 16, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005 "2023-05-16T21:42:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Tom-Ottawa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Tom-Ottawa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tom-Ottawa)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005/1 "2023-05-16T21:42:06Z")

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I get these INCORRECT messages:

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File "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr24 Point of Contact-07.mp3" cannot be renamed to "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr25 Point of Contact-11.mp3".
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.  
File "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr24 Point of Contact-08.mp3" cannot be renamed to "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr25 Point of Contact-11.mp3".
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.  
File "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr24 Point of Contact-09.mp3" cannot be renamed to "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr25 Point of Contact-11.mp3".
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.  
File "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr24 Point of Contact-10.mp3" cannot be renamed to "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr25 Point of Contact-11.mp3".
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.  
File "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr24 Point of Contact-11.mp3" cannot be renamed to "Z:\Users\tOM\Music\Speech\Tom Clancy\jr24 Mike Maden\jr25 Point of Contact\jr25 Point of Contact-11.mp3".
Cannot create a file when that file already exists.

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incorrect because new file name does not "already exist."

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**Author:** ![Tom-Ottawa](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e19b73/32.png) [@Tom-Ottawa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tom-Ottawa)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005/2 "2023-05-16T21:55:23Z")

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Ah, i see, apparently the track number lacks the leading zeroes in my rename to %album%-$left(%track%,2)

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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:** [May 17, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005/3 "2023-05-17T05:40:22Z")

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So, no bug but a user-error and the incorrect error message was correct after all?

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**Author:** ![astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/astrohip/32/18205_2.png) [@astrohip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astrohip)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005/4 "2023-05-17T23:07:30Z")

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Or, as an alternate reply, "Glad you were able to figure it out"

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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:** [June 16, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005/5 "2023-06-16T23:08:16Z")

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