# Cannot restore settings
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527 "2020-01-15T09:34:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@JLS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JLS)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527/1 "2020-01-15T09:34:56Z")
Hello I'm trying to install Mp3tag to a new wds10 computer from an old wds7 comp.
I moved the mp3tagsettings zipped from the old, and unzipped it in the new in:
Users/Me/Appdata/Roaming/mp3tag
I restarted Mp3tag and
well... it don't work , I thought it would restore my tag panel and choosen tags according to my preferences!
Is the zipped backup file include those preferences or what does it keep? and is there a special manip to restore I didn't get?
best
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527/2 "2020-01-15T09:49:21Z")
See here for installation and backup:
> [@Installation & Backup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/2):
>
> Can I keep my settings when updating to a new version? Yes, you can install a new version over an already installed version. The installation program will keep/upgrade your settings. Can I backup my settings or use them on a different computer? Yes, To backup your settings, please choose File ā Save configuration. To restore the backup, you have to unzip the backup archive to the folder that opens when you choose File ā Open configuration folder. Close Mp3tag to ensure that all files cā¦
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### Author:  [@JLS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JLS)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527/3 "2020-01-15T09:53:58Z")
Thanks
I'm not upgrading and I already read the topic you mentionned, I installed Mp3tag on a new ground and wish to refind the same settings in the above repertory, don't work, I'm doing it step by step now.
best
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527/4 "2020-01-15T10:39:00Z")
What you should get clear first of all: what kind of installation do you use? a standard installation or a portable one.
The path that you mention is only valid for a standard installation.
And this statement is valid for both systems: the W7 and the W10 one.
The zip configuration file BTW should show a modification data that is close to the last time you used MP3tag. Otherwise it could be that you do not use the correct configuration.
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### Author:  [@JLS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JLS)
#### Post date: [January 15, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527/5 "2020-01-15T11:03:52Z")
I'm aware of that, and as I put it, this is a standard install from comp to comp not from comp to key usb.
"The zip configuration file BTW should show a modification data that is close to the last time you used "
that's exactly what I have the datings of cfg and other files or repertories are exactly those of the time I opened Mp3tag.
BUT I have this (Mp3tagError.log)
```auto
================================================================================
Mp3tag v2.99a - 15.01.2020 - 11:53:35
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OS-Version: Windows 10, 64-bit
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Build: Oct 19 2019 10:49:19
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AppPath: 207.187.021.824 Bytes frei (C:\Program Files (x86)\Mp3tag\)
DataPath: 207.187.021.824 Bytes frei (C:\Users\PC20\AppData\Roaming\Mp3tag\data\)
TempPath: 207.187.021.824 Bytes frei (C:\Users\PC20\AppData\Local\Temp\Mp3tag v2.99a\)
================================================================================
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSAGE
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File: y:\projects\mp3tag\mtdatabase.cpp
Line: 903
Message: Cleanup covers: 0:00.001913
0000217C at 1d 1:59:48.957244
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MESSAGE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File: y:\projects\mp3tag\mtdatabase.cpp
Line: 915
Message: Cleanup binaries: 0:00.000027
0000217C at 1d 1:59:48.957304
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MESSAGE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
File: y:\projects\mp3tag\mtdatabase.cpp
Line: 962
Message: Cleaned 0 of 7173 files: 0:00.002804
0000217C at 1d 1:59:48.960138"
```
anyway I have all of my datas and customized step by step, it works now almost finished
best
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527/6 "2026-02-09T12:28:24Z")