# Error Message - Cannot be Opened for Writing
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-message-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/17649
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 15, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-message-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/17649 "2016-02-15T18:10:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@alexcdore](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alexcdore)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-message-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/17649/1 "2016-02-15T18:10:47Z")
I have used MP3Tag for many years with Fantastic Results and still believe it to be the best Tag Editor available online.
However 4 weeks ago when editing songs (generally trying to upload a cover jpeg) I am receiving the following error message "Cannot be Opened for Writing".
I thought maybe this was due to having 15,000 songs in my collection which generally have large album covers averaging 1,000 x 1,000 pixels, and that maybe I did not have sufficient memory.
I have since purchased a brand new PC costing £1,100 which has 16 RAM and I'm still getting the error message.
Can anyone help?
Alex
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-message-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/17649/2 "2016-02-16T05:22:01Z")
> [@alexcdore](#):
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> ...
> I have since purchased a brand new PC costing £1,100 which has 16 RAM and I'm still getting the error message.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Alex
Check (and possibly modify) the ownership of the files. If you use a brandnew PC it could well be that the files still have the former owner.
See this Microsoft article how to do that, if you are not sure:
[https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx)
(The RAM will only be used up an extent of 3.5GB due to 32-bit-addresses)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-message-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/17649/3 "2026-02-09T12:26:05Z")