# Can't create action because MTA file will not write
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 2, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306 "2025-08-02T18:52:23Z")
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### Author:  [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306/1 "2025-08-02T18:52:23Z")
I have tried 3 times to create a new simple replace action and all three times a dialog box popped up saying cannot write the .mta file. I don’t know what to do here. I tried changing the the attributes of the whole Mp3Tag folder in appdata as it shows read only but Windows won’t allow it, it just doesn’t change.
Kind of at a loss here.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306/2 "2025-08-02T19:43:13Z")
The filename looks strange with a line break or some other strange character in it - could you try a different name?
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### Author:  [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306/3 "2025-08-02T22:47:43Z")
It has nothing to do with the filename obviously. And since when are spaces not allowed in filenames, this isn’t DOS based Windows anymore?
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### Author:  [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2025, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306/4 "2025-08-02T23:01:51Z")
I solved it, this is crazy but there was no “actions” folder in the data folder and once I created one it was fine.
Is this a bug in Mp3Tag that it does not create the “actions” folder by default or at least when it is needed?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306/5 "2025-08-03T06:11:37Z")
> [@Ronstang](#):
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> Is this a bug in Mp3Tag that it does not create the “actions” folder by default or at least when it is needed?
No. I use Mp3tag for more than 15 years and now and it always created the actions-folder and unpacked 3 standard-actions in it.
> [@Ronstang](#):
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> I tried changing the the attributes of the whole Mp3Tag folder in appdata as it shows read only but Windows won’t allow it, it just doesn’t change.
This is standard in Windows.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2025, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306/6 "2025-09-02T06:12:23Z")
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