# Losing %track% and %year% tags when moving files with format value.
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/losing-track-and-year-tags-when-moving-files-with-format-value/13027
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 31, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/losing-track-and-year-tags-when-moving-files-with-format-value/13027 "2012-01-31T07:30:53Z")
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### Author:  [@Trapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Trapper)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2012, 7:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/losing-track-and-year-tags-when-moving-files-with-format-value/13027/1 "2012-01-31T07:30:53Z")
OK, i've looked through a lot of the forum and come across this problem once before, but it didn't seem to be resolved. I'm currently digitising my entire collection and have some stored on a WHS server and some on a local HDD. Now consolidating on my new Qnap server. Thats the background.
All files are ripped to FLAC with dB Poweramp, have embedded artwork and i use the usual artist/album convention.
I use Mp3Tag to check all the details are right and maybe tweak a file name, genre etc, then move them across my wired network to the qnap server using the format value quick action, so \_DIRECTORY as the field with Q:\%artist%\%year% - %album%\%track%.%title% as the format string. Q: is my Lossless\_albums server.
All the files and covers move perfectly, but when i reopen the tags now stored on the server Year and Track number are blank.
I can rewrite using filename to tag: %artist%\%year% - %album%\%track%.%title% I don't lose the data if i copy the files across manually, but i'd like to stick with doing it internally to get all the directory format the same.
Using my trusty win XP service pack 3 machine to do this, haven't fired up the win 7 , but i will soon. So, thats the issue
Comments?
Solutions?
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/losing-track-and-year-tags-when-moving-files-with-format-value/13027/2 "2026-02-09T12:23:37Z")