# Explorer doesn't show FLAC artist names, albums and numbering in music folder
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 12, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372 "2022-12-12T18:41:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Bastian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bastian)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372/1 "2022-12-12T18:41:01Z")
Lately I have been customizing my songs with this program, but there is something that happens, and that is that when I make a change, the names of the artists, albums and numbering are no longer visible, and I really don't know what to do. As you may know, the files are in FLAC format, this didn't happen to me before, but now it does.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2022, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372/2 "2022-12-12T18:54:05Z")
Does this thread help?
> [@Music metadata not shown in windows explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-metadata-not-shown-in-windows-explorer/45198):
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> I like mp3tag and I use it to edit music metadata. I can see full metadata of my music in mp3tag but if I use windows explorer, little metatdata is shown. If I check Properties of a song, the Details tab is almost empty, which should be filled with album, year, etc. that I added through mp3tag. And I can't find any rule what kind of metadata can be seen in windows explorer. Some music miss track numbers, some have wrong album names and some have no titles. What's wrong?
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### Author:  [@Bastian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bastian)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2022, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372/4 "2022-12-12T21:00:03Z")
It didn't work for me, I did the procedure of using FOOBAR2000 converting the same song from FLAC to FLAC and it gives the same result, no me aparecen los metadatos
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372/5 "2022-12-12T21:04:29Z")
The foobar step also included a reduction in field lengths in the original post.
As Mp3tag and e.g. foobar apparently show the tag data correctly, I would see this as an explorer issue which should best be addressed in their support.
Or simply ignore the ability to show flacs properly and use decent players.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 13, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372/6 "2022-12-13T00:26:56Z")
Windows support of FLAC was only introduced in recent versions. But it isn’t really stellar. I wouldn’t trust the display in Windows over what you see I mp3tag or any player software properly built to support FLAC.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-doesnt-show-flac-artist-names-albums-and-numbering-in-music-folder/59372/7 "2026-02-09T12:29:59Z")