# Change Directory & Add Directory no longer working
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [June 28, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468 "2020-06-28T19:46:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@deckard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deckard)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/1 "2020-06-28T19:46:49Z")
Hope everyone here is safe and well!
I see some other posts related to my issue, but most are more than a few years old.
I believe the issue started with v3.01, but have not tried rolling back yet.
I am having this problem on a machine still running Win7 x64.
All toolbar functions and their respective File menu commands work, except for Change & Add Directory.
I tried installing v3.01a on another Win7 x64 machine and everything works fine.
No doubt this is some kind of Windows issue, and considering Win7 is EOL, I don't expect it to get looked into. However, I'd like to see if anyone else has experienced this and and has any direction.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 4:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/2 "2020-06-29T04:27:51Z")
What does "does not work" look like?
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### Author:  [@deckard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deckard)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/3 "2020-06-29T14:47:21Z")
No action whatsoever when clicking either the Change or Add Directory buttons, or choosing those functions from the File Menu. They 'press', but not getting a file dialog box like you would normally.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [June 29, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/4 "2020-06-29T15:12:14Z")
Perhaps your mp3tag.cfg file is corrupt, rename it while MP3tag is not running and then try again.
I doubt that this is W7 specific (I have a W7 installation that has no such problems) but a local one on that particular pc.
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### Author:  [@deckard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deckard)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/5 "2020-07-01T02:26:56Z")
Thanks - I tried that already - aside from all my settings reverting to defaults, no change.
I did also start having a similar issue with another program that uses MS Visual C++ and .NET.
Pretty sure Mp3tag uses Visual C++ Runtime Libraries, but does it also use .NET?
I may start by removing the many Visual C++ versions and reinstalling as needed.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2020, 9:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/6 "2020-07-01T09:57:13Z")
No .NET used in Mp3tag.
It’s all pretty standard and it’s weird that the open directory dialog is not showing up for you.
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### Author:  [@deckard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deckard)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/7 "2020-07-12T03:17:48Z")
Thanks @ohrenkino & @Florian - As I am about to build a new Win 10 box to replace this one, I didn't want to spend the time uninstalling/reinstalling all of the Visual C++ builds and figured no harm in trying an in-place upgrade/repair install. This completely resolved the issues I was having, so I'm at least back up and running until I get the new machine online.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-add-directory-no-longer-working/49468/8 "2026-02-09T12:19:08Z")