I've been away for some months & opened MP3TAG, new update was available so I've updated the app & my actions to sort files by writing to _FILENAME are not moving files at all. I'm not sure what the issue is as they were working before & I haven't made changes besides updating the application. The …

The problem will be that you define a complete path in a tag field which includes (among others) the backslash. As this posed a problem for some users (paths being generated from tag data and not explicidly from format strings), an option has been created to replace reserved characters in paths and…

Could this fix be relevant? [image] Convert Tag -> Tag creates folders already when entering the format string for _FILENAME Fixed Bugs Hello everyone, I think I have found a bug (undocumented feature laughing ) in the section for Tag to Tag conversion. When…

Not sure, unfortunately the video link isn't working so I can't see exactly what they are referring to. The last version I was on worked flawlessly whether I used Convert Tag - Tag or just ran the action. In my case nothing is happening at all in terms of file movement or folder creation. I can only…

I am not sure that you are allowed to move files to c:\program files\ ... Could you try a different target folder path with a destination in one of the user folders?

That's the thing. The program files bit isn't part of my path. The path I'm aiming for starts with C:\Users mp3tag is pulling the program files path from thin air & adding it before my path. When I preview that Conver - Tag - Tag the program files portion doesn't show up in the text file only in the…

I copied your format string and tried it in Convert>Tag-Tag and get an "Invalid syntax" error. I think you have to debug that string first

$IF(%ID_ALBUM%,%USER_PATH%%ALT_PATH%%SUBFOLDER_PATH%%ALBUMSORT% by %ALBUMARTIST%$IF($AND(%ALT_PATH%,$EQL(%ALTERNATE%,'Clean Version')),' [C]',[ %E_STATUS%])[ (%YEAR%)] %ID_ALBUM%[$IF($EQL(%ALTERNATE%,'MP4 ALT'),'\M4A',)][$IF($EQL(%ALTERNATE%,'OPUS ALT'),'\OPUS',)][$IF($EQL(%ALTERNATE%,'WAV ORG'),'\W…

Many thanks!! I was loosing it a bit trying to figure this out all morning. I have yet to run into a track with a \ that hinders or ruins a file path but I can definitely see how one in any tag field could pose a problem. I hadn't even thought of that, I believe my medley's use the / in track titles…

Moving Files by writing to _FILENAME (Not working in V3.36.1)

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LyricsLover September 5, 2026, 6:22pm 2

Could this fix be relevant?