# \[F\] Error accessing files with space before extension (" .mp3") **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-error-accessing-files-with-space-before-extension-mp3/9439 **Category:** Fixed Bugs **Tags:** bug-fixed **Created:** [November 28, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-error-accessing-files-with-space-before-extension-mp3/9439 "2009-11-28T19:27:45Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![ccmix](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@ccmix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ccmix) #### Post date: [November 28, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-error-accessing-files-with-space-before-extension-mp3/9439/1 "2009-11-28T19:27:45Z")
Love the program! Use it all the time now! Found a problem today in my use...might be specific to my setup but its consistent Have a network storage device (NASD) with over 10 000 files I'm workin on "cleanin up" I am using Windows 7 Pro (fully patched) and v 2.45a build of MP3Tag. My concern arose when simply trying to change the Title of a single file within my list. The program would alert me (via Windows) that it couldn't complete the task. I assumed that the file was locked and made a mental note to go back and change that later. Well when I finally thought about it and went back to check the write access it was unlocked like every other file. The ONLY difference in EACH case was an extra space " .mp3" before the extension. On the MP3Tag display the space is "missing" when the filename is "listed". It is however present when viewed with a simple file browser (ie explorer) To alievate the problem I simply manually renamed the file - removing the extra space - and MP3Tag functioned properly! I made a rule to rename files using the replace " .mp3" -\> ".mp3" but this didn't do anything. Only manually editing the file name enabled me to pass this obstacle. Hope that helps. Snuggs --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-error-accessing-files-with-space-before-extension-mp3/9439)._