# No write access to file --\> losing changes
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 28, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827 "2006-09-28T11:52:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@KlausStolte](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KlausStolte)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827/1 "2006-09-28T11:52:19Z")
Hi
One small but (sometimes very) annoying flaw:
When for some reason the file to be tagged cannot be opened for writing (for instance if it is currently playing ...), MP3TAG displays an error message (OK) and discards all the changes (NOT OK!!!).
I would like/expect MP3TAG to leave the input area and selection untouched, so that I can close the blocking applications and then repeat my attempt.
Apart from that: nice, nice, nice ...
Best Regards
Klaus
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827/2 "2006-09-28T13:18:07Z")
An Abort, Retry, Ignore message box would be best IMHO.
BTW, this is not a bug, but a feature request, so please post in the right forum next time.
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### Author:  [@KlausStolte](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KlausStolte)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827/3 "2006-09-28T20:10:39Z")
...sometimes hard to tell. Abort/Retry/Ignore? Fine, so let's drop that into the Featurezilla.
Best regards,
Klaus