# File "blah" could not be opened for writing
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-could-not-be-opened-for-writing/2453
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 4, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-could-not-be-opened-for-writing/2453 "2005-11-04T00:27:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@bobweaver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobweaver)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2005, 12:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-could-not-be-opened-for-writing/2453/1 "2005-11-04T00:27:17Z")
Hey, I'm quite the newb with mp3tag, so forgive me if this is a lame question. I've been getting this error on about 1 .mp3 per album that I try to edit the tags on. I'm using WinXP Pro, and none of the files are marked as read-only by the OS.
mp3tag asks me if I want to mark the files as editable, to which I say yes, but I continue to get the same error.
I have to go into another tag editor to actually make the changes on these .mp3's.
Any help on this is greatly appreciated
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### Author:  [@bobweaver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobweaver)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2005, 2:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-could-not-be-opened-for-writing/2453/2 "2005-11-04T02:04:41Z")
never mind. It was my own fault...most of my tags got corrupted and the file I was trying to edit was 0 bytes...
I'm a dope. thanks anyway
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-could-not-be-opened-for-writing/2453/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:30Z")