# Export to locked file bug

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-locked-file-bug/5067
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 25, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-locked-file-bug/5067 "2007-06-25T20:34:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-locked-file-bug/5067/1 "2007-06-25T20:34:50Z")

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On Export, when the destination file is locked e.g. due to open in another process, the operation fails silently (though the absense of the "Do you want you open..." dialog is a clue).

It would be better if it informed the use e.g. with an error dialog box.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-locked-file-bug/5067/2 "2026-02-09T12:20:22Z")

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