# Disappearing cover art from music directories/folders
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [January 29, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739 "2018-01-29T22:54:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Rohnan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rohnan)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739/1 "2018-01-29T22:54:38Z")
I use thumbnails for all my picture, video & audio files. Icaros helps with the video files & MP3Tag helps with the music cover art. At least it did until last week when I updated to v2.86.
After applying the update like usual I read the release notes about the Library & decided to apply it to my two major music directories.
Last Friday I finally had some time for music & when I went to my folders, none of my mp3s had any cover art (see attachment). None of picture or video thumbnails disappeared, just the mp3s. When I went into MP3Tag & looked at a file, the cover art was still there.
I unchecked the Library setting but that did nothing to bring the cover are back.
Does anyone have any idea what might have happened & any possible cure to bring them back?
Thanks for your consideration to my plight!
BTW, I am running Win 10 pro, fully updated & there hasn't been an update since I went to v2.86. I use WinAmp for playback.
Sorry for the double attachment...
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739/2 "2018-01-30T05:20:31Z")
check if you have a file called folder.jpg in the folders that show the covers and whether such a file is missing in those folders that don't.
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### Author:  [@Rohnan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rohnan)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739/3 "2018-01-31T23:52:42Z")
Thanks for the idea. The majority of my folders have these 'hidden' .jpg files. Can & how do I attach them back to the mp3s??
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739/4 "2018-02-01T07:57:12Z")
> [@Rohnan](#):
>
> Thanks for the idea. The majority of my folders have these 'hidden' .jpg files. Can & how do I attach them back to the mp3s??
There is an action for that: Import cover from file.
As filename format string use either
\*.jpg
(this takes the first jpg-file in the folder)
or
folder.jpg
or whatever the actual filename looks like.
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### Author:  [@Rohnan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rohnan)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739/5 "2018-02-02T18:46:28Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> There is an action for that: Import cover from file.
> As filename format string use either
> \*.jpg
> (this takes the first jpg-file in the folder)
> or
> folder.jpg
> or whatever the actual filename looks like.
Thanks for your thoughts ohrenkino but I figured out the root of the problem was with Icaros & not with Mp3Tag. I uninstalled it & all my covers came back. I still don't know exactly what caused it to hide the covers but at least I have them back.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-cover-art-from-music-directories-folders/19739/6 "2025-05-07T19:10:41Z")
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