# Error ‘Cannot Write File (file path)’ with AIF files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041 "2024-03-11T22:54:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/1 "2024-03-11T22:54:42Z")
Hello,
I face a similar problem as the one described here: [Error 'Cannot Write File (file path)' - Support - Mp3tag Community](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path/62971)
Except my files are \*.aif
I have to spam the "Retry" button to save my changes.
My OS:
| Edition | Windows 11 Pro |
| --- | --- |
| Version | 23H2 |
| Installed on | 9/3/2024 |
| OS build | 22631.3235 |
| Experience | Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22687.1000.0 |
Thanks for your help.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/2 "2024-03-12T07:00:03Z")
Please tell us: Which function did you use? Do you write to a local drive or something in the network?
What do the access rights look like? Are you the owner of those files? Do other programs access the file at the same time (e.g. a player, indexer)? Does this happen only to this file or also to others? Can old files be manipulated?
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/3 "2024-03-12T12:39:38Z")
Convert filename to tag. It happens to more than 1000 files out of 1400, all hosted on a local SDD, I own the files, I have full RW rights on them. I repeated the same modifications on the same set of files several times, and it happens randomly. No other programs access these files as I work on a copy
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/4 "2024-03-12T12:52:35Z")
> [@Automated9496](#):
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> No other programs access these files as I work on a copy
Antivirus or search indexing tools can access your files without telling you about it.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/5 "2024-03-12T13:05:20Z")
Can you also please check the **Tag** column for those files and see if it shows any errors that might indicate a malformed file.
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/6 "2024-03-12T13:30:32Z")
Possible but far stretched: I would be very unlucky if these tools decide to scan my library every time I want to update the tags... several times a day.
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/7 "2024-03-12T13:31:54Z")
Nothing specific. I know there are tools to check the headers of mp3 files, do you know any similar for aif?
Beautiful piece of software btw!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/8 "2024-03-12T13:34:44Z")
> [@Automated9496](#):
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> Nothing specific.
It should show specifically the version of the tag found in the file. Probable hints for bad files would be either missing tags, no length or specifically in the "Tag" column a text with the word "bad".
> [@Automated9496](#):
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> I would be very unlucky if these tools decide to scan my library every time I want to update the tags
IMHO, such programs only jump into action if they detect a change. Modification of the tag data would be such a change.
So, does it happen if you use smaller batches?
Does it stop at a particular file?
I mean: if it
> [@Automated9496](#):
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> happens randomly
then it looks like the root cause does not originate in MP3tag or in the files but in the environment which hinders the process to complete.
If you find a file that stops the modifications, it would be nice if you could share it with us.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/9 "2024-03-12T13:50:29Z")
> [@Automated9496](#):
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> Possible but far stretched
In such "random" cases, I suggest to check it by yourself.
You could try a tool like [Procmon](https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/sysinternals/downloads/procmon) to see IF and WHAT process access your files during your Mp3tag changes. You can find a detailed "howto" for procmon here on this external (not affiliated) website:
> **[Find out which process accesses a file | YSoft SAFEQ documentation](https://docs.ysoft.cloud/safeq6/latest/safeq6/find-out-which-process-accesses-a-file)**
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> Sometimes is necessary to find out which process accesses, alters or deletes a specific file. Various auditing tools may be used for this purpose. This article…
Please be sure to start with a filter like the path to your AIF files. Otherwise the number of entries will be overwhelming:
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/10 "2024-03-12T14:41:57Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> It should show specifically the version of the tag found in the file. Probable hints for bad files would be either missing tags, no length or specifically in the "Tag" column a text with the word "bad".
Yes, it does show the tag: ID3v2.4 (ID3v2.4). All files look clean from this perspective.
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> then it looks like the root cause does not originate in MP3tag or in the files but in the environment which hinders the process to complete.
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> If you find a file that stops the modifications, it would be nice if you could share it with us
I will share any findings. Thanks for the help!
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/11 "2024-03-12T14:42:38Z")
Thanks, I will do that tomorrow morning and report the results here.
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### Author:  [@Automated9496](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Automated9496)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 10:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/12 "2024-03-15T10:58:59Z")
Hi, obviously, now that I launch Process Monitor every time I use MP3Tag to catch the problem it does not happen anymore...
I will keep monitoring and revert back if I find something. Thanks all for your help!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-cannot-write-file-file-path-with-aif-files/64041/13 "2026-02-09T12:30:16Z")