# \[F\] Action Export Album Art fails for bad filenames
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-action-export-album-art-fails-for-bad-filenames/6440
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [March 13, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-action-export-album-art-fails-for-bad-filenames/6440 "2008-03-13T08:55:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Frobozz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Frobozz)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2008, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-action-export-album-art-fails-for-bad-filenames/6440/1 "2008-03-13T08:55:39Z")
Action -\> Export Album Art fails if the filename being exported to contains an illegal filename character.
For example, if you have the filename set to "%artist% - %album%" and either the artist tag or album tag contains an illegal character (like a colon) the export will fail.
Using the $validate function will avoid the problem. Changing the Export Album Art name to
$validate(%artist% - %album%,-)
will avoid the problem.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-action-export-album-art-fails-for-bad-filenames/6440/2 "2008-03-15T19:42:36Z")
This has been fixed with the current [Development Build v2.40a](http://developer.mp3tag.de).
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-action-export-album-art-fails-for-bad-filenames/6440/3 "2018-12-28T13:59:23Z")
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