# Mp3 Tag has stop working in W8.1
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 16, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334 "2014-11-16T12:01:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Stephen945](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stephen945)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/1 "2014-11-16T12:01:17Z")
Help needed
I have always had no issues using Mp3 tag but it now states that it cannot be opened for writing?
If I use the same version in W7 it works fine ?
What is going on ?
Stephen
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/2 "2014-11-16T12:18:13Z")
What cannot be opened for writing?
Anyway: check the access rights. You should be the owner of the program and the audio files. Also, do not open the explorer or Windows Media Player while editing files in MP3tag. These programs tend to snoop into the files and by doing so, blocking them.
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### Author:  [@Stephen945](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stephen945)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/3 "2014-11-17T19:57:47Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> What cannot be opened for writing?
> Anyway: check the access rights. You should be the owner of the program and the audio files. Also, do not open the explorer or Windows Media Player while editing files in MP3tag. These programs tend to snoop into the files and by doing so, blocking them.
Hi
Any MP3 I try to add tag information to it states that it cannot be opened for writing
I am not using WMP or explorer?
Help required
Stephen
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/4 "2014-11-18T05:23:18Z")
> [@Stephen945](#):
>
> Hi
> Any MP3 I try to add tag information to it states that it cannot be opened for writing
> I am not using WMP or explorer?
>
> Help required
>
> Stephen
Again: are you the owner of the files? If not: change that.
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/5 "2014-11-18T05:35:48Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Again: are you the owner of the files? If not: change that.
If you don't know how to change:
[http://tipsandtricksforum.com/thread-223.html](http://tipsandtricksforum.com/thread-223.html)
[http://tipsandtricksforum.com/thread-250.html](http://tipsandtricksforum.com/thread-250.html)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2014, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/6 "2014-11-18T09:45:25Z")
We also have a thread that points to a microsoft support page:
[mp3tag on windows 7](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/15653/2)
this one:
[http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documen...p.mspx?mfr=true](http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/acl_take_ownership.mspx?mfr=true)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-has-stop-working-in-w8-1/16334/7 "2026-02-09T12:25:22Z")