# Simple Action "Format Value" hangs **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-format-value-hangs/54235 **Category:** Support **Created:** [August 30, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-format-value-hangs/54235 "2021-08-30T15:58:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 16
### 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: [October 18, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-format-value-hangs/54235/16 "2022-10-18T18:30:42Z")
Doesn't all this look like a genuine Windows problem? MP3tag is only the messenger. So I would check the Windows pages and find out if there are any reports. The intermittent problems then look also like old causes like anti-virus programs, indexers that also look into the folders that contain the currently modified files. Check this forum for "Defender": > [@Windows Defender - Speed of loading files in MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-defender-speed-of-loading-files-in-mp3tag/47784): > > 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… > [@Defender Blocking mp3tagv316-x64-setup.exe](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defender-blocking-mp3tagv316-x64-setup-exe/57453): > > Just thought I'd mention as my first post here that I have used mp3tag for over 5 years now and never had an issue as far as I can remember. That being said, Windows Defender (Win 11) is blocking the install of the new release: mp3tagv316-x64-setup.exe I mistakenly downloaded the 32 bit version at first and FYI Defender is also locking that away. I managed to complete a VirusTotal check on the 64 bit version within a Virtual Machine and it comes up clean. Defender on the other hand is repor… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-format-value-hangs/54235)._