# Exporting

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 16, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266 "2008-02-16T13:51:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266/1 "2008-02-16T13:51:07Z")

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Hello,

I've installed version 2.39 on to my laptop running XP sp2 home edition. When I export (with any of the in built options) and choose the directory to save it. I get the message...  
"exporting information about 17 files was written to file 'C:\Documents and Settings\Tegen's\My Documents\Songs[SYNTAX ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING]'.

Which is not the folder that I selected to save too, but is the folder where the files are located. It does save a file there named "[SYNTAX ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING]". I chose the folder "C:\Documents and Settings\Tegen's\My Documents"  
I can save to any other folder in "C:\Documents and Settings" as long as it not Tegen's or a sub folder of Tegen's, even new folders in Tegen's.

I can save word etc. to any folder in Tegen's.

I've tried it with version 2.32a, same result. They were installed by user Tegen, who has admin rights.

So what gives?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266/2 "2008-02-17T20:47:19Z")

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Please try with "C:\Documents and Settings\Tegen' **'** s\My Documents" (note the two ') since the ' character is treated as a special character in Mp3tag's internal scripting language and needs to be escaped.

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### Author: ![confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/9e8a1a/32.png) [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)
#### Post date: [February 18, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266/3 "2008-02-18T13:19:32Z")

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Thank you very much Florian.

All working now.

Regards  
Ian.

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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/exporting/6266/4 "2026-02-09T12:20:47Z")

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