# Mp3tag 3.22b reading library under windows 11
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 21, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490 "2023-10-21T10:33:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@Purecut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Purecut)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/1 "2023-10-21T10:33:43Z")
Hallo,
If mp3tag starts reading the directory (monitored directory), the taskbar no longer works. Active programs are no longer displayed and switching no longer works properly. Likewise, a closed program will not be hidden from the taskbar.
I then have to restart Windows Explorer using the task manager. When mp3tag is started and I'm working in a directory that isn't monitored in the settings, everything works fine. The problem only occurs when I change to a directory that was specified in the options. I've already had mp3tag rebuild the database, but the behavior is the same. I have 52700 entries in the mp3tag db. Cleaning up the db didn't bring any success either
I'm using Windows 11 Build 22H2 22621.2428
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/2 "2023-10-21T17:48:00Z")
To narrow down the problem:
Has it worked before?
If it has: what has changed in the meantime?
Does this happen if you read the previously monitored folders but this time with the library function switched off?
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### Author:  [@Purecut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Purecut)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/3 "2023-10-21T18:08:16Z")
1. Yes it's worked before
2. Switch from 10 to 11
3. No it did not happen when the monitored folders are switched of and the db is not in place
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/4 "2023-10-21T18:19:54Z")
It could be an idea to check the access rights and owner of the MP3tag data folder.
Alternatively: save the configuration in a safe place, uninstall MP3tag completely (check that there is no data folder left over anywhere, not in the %appdata% folder, the program folder, the previous installation folder) and that also the registry shows not more traces.
Then install MP3tag again.
Restore the saved configuration to the new data folder.
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### Author:  [@Purecut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Purecut)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/5 "2023-10-21T18:50:00Z")
I'm a systems administrator. I have the full access for this folder under my appdata directory. I also deinstalled the complete software, clean the registry and than made a new install. The behavior is the same when it comes to reading the db. Without reading a db everything is ok.
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### Author:  [@Purecut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Purecut)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/6 "2023-10-21T18:51:26Z")
Also no changes if t start the program with "Start with Administrator rights".
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/7 "2023-10-21T18:56:02Z")
> [@Purecut](#):
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> I'm a systems administrator.
Being administrator is not the same as being the owner of a folder.
As I cannot look over your shoulder what you have done, I can only give you ideas what to check.
If you really started with a clean installation, then the observations of this thread might be of interest:
> [@Windows Defender - Speed of loading files in MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-defender-speed-of-loading-files-in-mp3tag/47784):
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> In the past I already noticed that the antivirus-software of windows-defender slows down the loading speed of files in MP3Tag dramatically: At this time my third-party antivirus-software (Avast) had been gotten accidently deactivated and windows-defender activated. This time I wanted to give windows-defender a second chance, deinstalled Avast and activated the defender. The same happened as before: Mp3Tag became very slow in loading files in spite of the activated library-function. I tes…
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### Author:  [@Purecut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Purecut)
#### Post date: [October 21, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/8 "2023-10-21T19:09:02Z")
I'm also the owner of the folder and the "Windows Defender" is disabled.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2023, 6:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/9 "2023-10-23T06:30:31Z")
It looks to me like access rights are not correct, either for the library or for the watched folder.
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### Author:  [@Purecut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Purecut)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/10 "2023-10-26T00:30:01Z")
The rights are correct - believe me.
That is the error message within the event-log:
Name der fehlerhaften Anwendung: Mp3tag.exe, Version: 3.22.3.0, Zeitstempel: 0x650a98dd
Name des fehlerhaften Moduls: combase.dll, Version: 10.0.22621.2215, Zeitstempel: 0x05b9e9b5
Ausnahmecode: 0xc0000005
Fehleroffset: 0x000000000013bb00
ID des fehlerhaften Prozesses: 0x0x5070
Startzeit der fehlerhaften Anwendung: 0x0x1DA079C524E433B
Pfad der fehlerhaften Anwendung: E:\Mp3tag\Mp3tag.exe
Pfad des fehlerhaften Moduls: C:\WINDOWS\System32\combase.dll
Berichtskennung: a2cc557a-93dd-42d8-b991-a6774616c959
Vollständiger Name des fehlerhaften Pakets:
Anwendungs-ID, die relativ zum fehlerhaften Paket ist:
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/11 "2023-10-26T05:51:59Z")
> [@Purecut](#):
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> combase.dll,
See this Microsoft thread about combase.dll:
[https://answers.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/forum/all/programmabsturz-pfad-des-fehlerhaften-moduls/a77bf568-83ce-4f56-8e66-12131474de2b](https://answers.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/forum/all/programmabsturz-pfad-des-fehlerhaften-moduls/a77bf568-83ce-4f56-8e66-12131474de2b)
Please note that the thread says that this library is part of the operating system and should be maintained by it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-3-22b-reading-library-under-windows-11/62490/12 "2026-02-09T12:30:11Z")