# Persistent requests to disable write protection
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/persistent-requests-to-disable-write-protection/42141
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [July 1, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/persistent-requests-to-disable-write-protection/42141 "2018-07-01T04:46:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@alexpout](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alexpout)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/persistent-requests-to-disable-write-protection/42141/1 "2018-07-01T04:46:23Z")
Within a single session, I keep getting the dialog box "Shall Mp3tag disable the write protection of this and any following read-only files?" while editing tags on MP3 files with read-only protection, despite clicking yes the first time which should make the program automatically disable protection on subsequent files. The program does not prompt me again if I edit a file that has already caused this dialog box to appear, but when I move on to edit the next file with write protection I get hit with the dialog box again. I have had this problem for years even after reinstalling the OS.
I think it would be rad to also have the option in preferences to disable this dialog box entirely and automatically disable write protection on files.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 1, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/persistent-requests-to-disable-write-protection/42141/2 "2018-07-01T07:54:53Z")
> [@alexpout](#):
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> I think it would be rad to also have the option in preferences to disable this dialog box entirely and automatically disable write protection on files.
In addition, you could check the ownership of those files.
> [@alexpout](#):
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> after reinstalling the OS.
looks like they still have the old owner but need one from the current installation.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/persistent-requests-to-disable-write-protection/42141/3 "2018-08-21T05:23:17Z")
Due to missing feedback, I'm moving this topic to #bug-reports:no-bugs.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/persistent-requests-to-disable-write-protection/42141/4 "2018-12-28T18:53:29Z")
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