# Problems writing TAG

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 16, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856 "2025-03-16T13:41:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Ettore](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Ettore](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ettore)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856/1 "2025-03-16T13:41:41Z")

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It often happens to me that when I download tags from one of the services offered, this message appears

 ![Immagine 2025-03-16 123715](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/3X/2/b/2b4c3abc965c4199951789e445480674fe2247ff.jpeg)

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856/2 "2025-03-16T13:42:55Z")

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Please count the number of characters from `D:\` until and including `.flac`.

If these are more then 255 characters, you reach the limit of max. path length in Windows as operating system.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856/3 "2025-03-16T13:58:35Z")

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I've counted the characters for you and it's below the mentioned limit.

Are the files maybe locked by another program? Can you edit the file if you select and just save via Ctrl+S?

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### Author: ![Ettore](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@Ettore](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ettore)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856/4 "2025-03-16T20:37:02Z")

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Ok I'll try with CTRL+S

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2025, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-writing-tag/67856/5 "2025-04-20T06:31:04Z")

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