# "File Cannot Be Opened For Writing"

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/12416
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/12416 "2011-08-21T13:34:34Z")
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#### Post date: [March 25, 2022, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/12416/35 "2022-03-25T09:06:16Z")

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> [@JDobhriste](#):
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> The error "file cannot be opened for writing" only occurred when trying to add album art to freshly ripped FLAC files.

There may be other software or processes locking your files, sometimes only for a short time.

> [@Ca't open file to write when saving tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cat-open-file-to-write-when-saving-tags/54011/5):
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> Often background processes keep files locked. I had some expeerience with AlbumArtDownloader, which sometimes locks 1 file in a directory. Since I found this reason for my problems in MP3Tag, I added a process kill in one of my defined tools in MP3tag for AlbumArtDownloader. [https://community.mp3tag.de/t/locked-files/17915](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/locked-files/17915)[https://community.mp3tag.de/t/locked-files-durch-aufruf-des-albumartdownloaders/17916](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/locked-files-durch-aufruf-des-albumartdownloaders/17916) Since you mention Flac files: Some latest versions of the Spotify player lock Flac …

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