# iTunes and Windows 7

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-windows-7/11178
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 25, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-windows-7/11178 "2010-11-25T03:35:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![nicoatridge](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@nicoatridge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nicoatridge)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2010, 3:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-windows-7/11178/1 "2010-11-25T03:35:08Z")

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I had a nicely cleaned library under WindowsXP, Linux and Mac. I migrated to Windows 7 and half my ID3 tags seemed to disappear. Seems to be another feature of Windows7, fixed by reparing 2.4 tags to 2.3. Now i can see all the tags OK in most places (Windows Explorer, MP3Tag etc) but not in iTunes. A whole bunch of tracks resolutely refuse to show most of their tags, even if I try to reset the version of ID3 on them. Typically I am just getting the file name in the title field, and that's about it.

Anyone come across this before and know how to fix it? Thanks in advance.

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2010, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-windows-7/11178/2 "2010-11-25T09:54:03Z")

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1. Windows doesn't support ID3v2.4 tags. And when you edit ID3v2.4 with windows tools, a IDv2.3 tag gets added before it.

2. Maybe it helps if you completely remove the ID3 tags with "Tag cut" (Ctrl+X) in Mp3tag and rewrite it with "Tag paste" (Ctrl+V)

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### Author: ![trainwreck](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@trainwreck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/trainwreck)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2010, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-windows-7/11178/3 "2010-11-25T14:00:18Z")

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I'll second that. I've had a variety of issues with 2.4 and just added it to the cut list. I only use 2.3 and haven't had any issues in Win7 with foobar or when I copy the files to my iMac and later on my iDevices.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-windows-7/11178/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:42Z")

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