# Manual editing of mta files in Notepad++

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manual-editing-of-mta-files-in-notepad/42429>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 22, 2018, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manual-editing-of-mta-files-in-notepad/42429 "2018-07-22T05:20:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2018, 7:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manual-editing-of-mta-files-in-notepad/42429/4 "2018-07-22T07:26:51Z")

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I am not quite sure what cannot be understood by this statement in the link:

> [@Scripting: Create Decade from Year / Origyear](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scripting-create-decade-from-year-origyear/11757/2):
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> The MTA file resp. its content is subject of the Mp3tag application system and not subject to the common user.  
> It is not recommended to edit MTA files manually, because of the special sovereign usage by the application itself.  
> A bad formatted MTA file can cause bad behaviour of the application, which can bring harm to the data and to the user.  
> If you want to know how to create an action resp. build a group of actions, then read the help manual, and do all changes to the action definitions by using the user interface of Mp3tag.

In short it means: hands off, use Mp3tag.

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