# Music files disapear the re appear when opening a folder

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-files-disapear-the-re-appear-when-opening-a-folder/61930
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 26, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-files-disapear-the-re-appear-when-opening-a-folder/61930 "2023-08-26T15:46:01Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 27, 2023, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-files-disapear-the-re-appear-when-opening-a-folder/61930/4 "2023-08-27T05:59:28Z")

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Just wanted to make sure that you are not running a Mac.  
There have been reports about the Windows defender to slow down the loading of files

> [@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…

But if that does not play a role on your PC (please make sure that it really does not), then we have to look elsewhere:

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> I would like to know how you
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> > [@Plugyuk](#):
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> > open an album folder
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> (from within Mp3tag, wit d&d from Explorer or similar, from the explorer context menu)

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