# MP3tag does not respond when loading 1000 files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 26, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877 "2025-09-26T10:34:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@rcrtz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rcrtz)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 10:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877/1 "2025-09-26T10:34:24Z")
### Bug Report + Feature Request
**Product / Version:** Mp3tag (please specify the exact version and OS)
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#### Bug Report
**Description of the issue:**
When loading multiple music files at once, Mp3tag freezes and becomes unresponsive. As a result, the session is lost and I have to start the tagging work from scratch.
**Steps to reproduce:**
1. Launch Mp3tag.
2. Select and load a large number of audio files (e.g., several hundred at once).
3. Wait until the program starts processing.
4. The application freezes and does not recover.
**Expected behavior:**
Mp3tag should remain stable and allow processing of multiple files without freezing.
**Actual behavior:**
The program hangs and becomes unresponsive during bulk file loading, forcing me to restart the program and redo the work.
**Environment details:**
- Operating system: (e.g. Windows 11 64-bit)
- Mp3tag version: (e.g. v3.23a)
- Number of files attempted to load: (e.g. ~500–1000)
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#### Feature Request
To improve the user experience and minimize the impact of crashes, I’d like to suggest the following improvements:
1. **Session Autosave**
2. **Incremental / Batched File Loading**
3. **Crash Recovery Option**
**Benefits:**
- Prevents data loss and wasted time after crashes.
- Improves stability when working with very large libraries.
- Increases reliability and usability for power users.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 10:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877/2 "2025-09-26T10:41:03Z")
What format of music files? FLAC? mp3? Which other?
Where are the music files stored? On a internal local SSD or HDD?
On a external USB drive?
On a network attached storage (NAS)?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877/3 "2025-09-26T10:45:48Z")
> [@rcrtz](#):
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> Select and load a large number of audio files (e.g., several hundred at once).
I have no problems to load 20,000 files in one go.
Do you open the location via the file menu?
Via the explorer context menu?
Do you drag&drop the files?
> [@rcrtz](#):
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> The application freezes and does not recover.
Does this happen to all groups of files or just a special set with always the same files?
BTW: current version is 3.31d - so an update from
> [@rcrtz](#):
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> Mp3tag version: (e.g. v3.23a)
and a retest is strongly advised.
> [@rcrtz](#):
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> Feature Request
it would be much better to keep 1 topic and section clean and dedicated to only 1 purpose. There is a special forum section for feature requests.
In respect to the contents of the requests: I think we have to get to the root cause of the initial problem as then it could be that several of the requests are not necessary any more.
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877/4 "2025-09-26T11:00:15Z")
Maybe a very drastic option but can you rename your mp3tag.cfg to mp3tag.old (located in your userprofile) and try again, this would give mp3tag a clean slate configuration wise. Don't delete that file, just rename it. **mp3tag.cfg** it is called
Edit: if you installed mp3tag normally it would be located in
`C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Mp3tag`
if you installed the portable version, it will be where the program is itself.
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [October 3, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877/5 "2025-10-03T15:07:14Z")
> [@rcrtz](#):
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> When loading multiple music files at once, Mp3tag freezes and becomes unresponsive
Several members of the forum have asked you for details. Those are required to diagnose this problem. But a week has passed and you have not responded to their requests or to their suggestions. Why is that? Did you manage to fix the problem yourself? If so, please share your solution here.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-does-not-respond-when-loading-1000-files/69877/6 "2025-11-02T15:07:14Z")
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