# Retry save if file is locked
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 26, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969 "2019-03-26T12:19:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@stheine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stheine)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969/1 "2019-03-26T12:19:40Z")
Hi,
I often run into the following:
- Listen to a song (foobar2000, but anything that keeps the file locked would work)
- Realize that the cover or some other metadata is missing and should be updated
- Open the folder in mp3tag
- Modify
- Save
-\> File ...mp3 cannot be opened for writing. Do you want to continue? Yes/No
- if I click Yes, the remaining files are updated, if I click No, the remaining files remain unchanged.
-\> No matter what I do, the file that's currently locked, is not updated
-\> When updating covers, this leads to 'Cover varies', and I cannot simply Save again
Instead, I would like to have a **Retry** option, so I could forward to the next file in the music player to unlock the file and simply retry the Save action.
This issues has been confirmed in v2.94.
Regards
stheine
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969/2 "2019-03-26T12:56:48Z")
> [@stheine](#):
>
> This issues has been confirmed in v2.94.
AFAIR there has been a discussion that it would be nice to have such a feature.
> [@Request: Repeat Last Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-repeat-last-action/44452):
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> Can you consider adding a new feature to Mp3Tag to Redo the last action. Similar to some Microsoft Office programs that you can re-apply the last edit to another selection by pressing F4. This feature could be triggered from an icon next to Undo icon in the toolbar. Rationale A Redo feature will considerably speed up a workflow when editing mp3 tags. Instead of going through a keystroke combination to get to the desired action, a Redo feature will put he last performed action one click or s…
I do not see any confirmation about "issues" or "bugs".
Just to give a more complete picture, here is another thread that also deals with the pair of foobar and Mp3tag leading to blocked files.
> [@Possible to change behavior when "cannot be opened" occurs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-change-behavior-when-cannot-be-opened-occurs/19047/1):
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> I have used Mp3tag for years. It is one of my favorite programs, and it is a critical part of my music workflow. Still, one issue has bugged me for a while. I searched the application options and the forum, but I didn't see anything. Short Version: When editing tags, is there a way to make Mp3tag display a "Try Again" option when it encounters a file that is in use and cannot be opened for writing? Long Version I use foobar as my music library and I use Mp3tag for all of my tagging. I very o…
The conclusion at the time was, that the topic is on the "radar".
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### Author:  [@kein\_schwabe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kein_schwabe)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969/3 "2019-03-27T12:28:26Z")
i totally agree + wish for retry option
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2019, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969/5 "2019-03-27T13:53:18Z")
FYI, I'm moving this to #general and treat it as a feature request.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969/6 "2020-02-15T14:41:31Z")
I've added the retry option with [Mp3tag v3.00a](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455).