# Directory in use...
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-in-use/9616
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 1, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-in-use/9616 "2010-01-01T14:46:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@pchan69](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pchan69)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-in-use/9616/1 "2010-01-01T14:46:49Z")
I installed MP3Tag 2.45a and I do not have really a "music" folder but separate folders per artists. In MP3Tag, I added the artist directory to MP3Tag so that I could edit the ID3 tags. Afterward, I went back and decided that there were a few artists I no longer wanted and want to delete them. When I try it says that the folder is in use. I can't find a way to remove the directory from MP3Tag in order to delete my folders, even after I rebooted my computer it still says that its in use. Could someone help me with this? Thank you in advance.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-in-use/9616/2 "2010-01-01T20:23:46Z")
Hi,
could you please tell a little more about your environment e.g. which Windows you use (XP, Vista, 7)?
Did you do a Scandisk on your hard drive - perhaps your fault is due to some mishap in the FAT (or the like).
Have a look at which programs start at start-up - if a folder is in use it means that some program opens files in this folder. E.g. Media Player does this while updating the watched folders.
(In general: it does not look like a MP3tag problem but a file system problem...)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-in-use/9616/3 "2026-02-09T12:22:03Z")