# Mp3tag 3.05 freeze issue
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [March 10, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313 "2021-03-10T04:48:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Andacar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Andacar)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 4:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/1 "2021-03-10T04:48:37Z")
I've been trying to change a string in _Artist_ and encountering a freeze problem. I'd like to replace how multiple artists are displayed from something like _Artist A & Artist B_ to _Artist A, Artist B_.
I am using Quick Actions \> Replace With Regular Expression. I enter the strings as shown in the first image. But Mp3tag stays at the second image indefinitely.
 
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 5:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/2 "2021-03-10T05:28:49Z")
> [@Andacar](#):
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> Replace With Regular Expression.
If you replace one string constant ("&") with another (",") then you need an action of the type "Replace". Otherwise you have to escape special characters (even though the ampersand and the comma aren't special).
If you execute the action on 31,000 odd files, you have to wait a while.
Also, you have to watch out that no other program blocks any of the files - because that is what it looks like: locally, a file is blocked and MP3tag waits until it is unblocked again.
If you find that MP3tag always stops at the same file(s) then check these for integrity.
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### Author:  [@Andacar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Andacar)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/3 "2021-03-10T05:58:04Z")
Thanks! I'll try simple "replace." I have done similar operations before this way and they worked fine. It took about a minute and a half.
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### Author:  [@Andacar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Andacar)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/4 "2021-03-10T06:02:19Z")
Nope. Same issue. It gets to a certain place and then locks up with no further progress. I'm telling it to look for a string including spaces. Is that possibly a problem?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/5 "2021-03-10T06:05:33Z")
The space in the string should be no problem.
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> If you find that MP3tag always stops at the same file(s) then check these for integrity.
Also, you may find it quicker to filter for files that contain the ampersand:
`%artist% HAS &`
This may reduce the number of files that are treated - and it may be easier to find the files where the processing stops.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2021, 6:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/6 "2021-03-10T06:53:36Z")
You can also try with the latest [Development Build](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) where I've changed lots of internals regarding inter-thread communication.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/7 "2021-04-15T15:24:21Z")
Any update regarding this when using the latest [Development Build](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455)?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/8 "2021-04-23T13:15:08Z")
I've now moved this to #bug-reports:no-bugs
If the issue reappears please just reply or in case the topic is already closed by then, open a new bug report linking to this topic.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-05-freeze-issue/52313/9 "2021-05-23T13:15:18Z")
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