# \[F\] Export BOM falure
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-export-bom-falure/6084
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [January 17, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-export-bom-falure/6084 "2008-01-17T12:23:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-export-bom-falure/6084/1 "2008-01-17T12:23:40Z")
With no $filename() in the config, Tools | Options... | Export, [X] Write BOM fails to work.
Note: C:\Program Files\Mp3tag\help\options\_export.html says
Write BOM
Mp3tag exports data in Unicode format encoded as UTF-8 by default. This option enables writing of a Byte Order Marker which is required by some applications.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2008, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-export-bom-falure/6084/2 "2008-02-02T12:01:39Z")
This is mainly a documentation issue.
Initially I used UTF-8 as default but changed that due to many "Bug Reports" caused by third-party applications not supporting UTF-8 files. Obviously, I forgot to update the corresponding topic in the help.
[Fixed](http://developer.mp3tag.de).
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### Author:  [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-export-bom-falure/6084/3 "2008-02-03T13:48:37Z")
Confirmed documentation fixed in V2.39n:
Write BOM
If you enabled writing of UTF-8 or UTF-16 via the $filename function in the export configuration, this option enables writing of a Byte Order Marker which is required by some applications.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-export-bom-falure/6084/4 "2018-12-28T13:58:53Z")
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