# Sometimes MP3Tag refuses to start, and must be re-installed
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sometimes-mp3tag-refuses-to-start-and-must-be-re-installed/4022
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 6, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sometimes-mp3tag-refuses-to-start-and-must-be-re-installed/4022 "2006-11-06T13:15:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@DennyL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DennyL)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sometimes-mp3tag-refuses-to-start-and-must-be-re-installed/4022/1 "2006-11-06T13:15:15Z")
I have been using MP3Tag for about two months, and find it a very useful piece of software. Three times since I have been using it the software has refused to start, but has instead displayed a large dialogue in German, which I can't read, which I think suggests contacting the developer. I usually overcome the problem by completely de-installing MP3Tag and reinstalling it. It just happenened again, and I re-installed it, so now I don't have the dialogue to refer to to better discribe it. As it has happened to me three times I am assuming it happens to others, and someone may know what the problem is. I am using Windows 2000 Pro.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2006, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sometimes-mp3tag-refuses-to-start-and-must-be-re-installed/4022/2 "2006-11-11T11:54:37Z")
It would be useful to see a screenshot of the dialog 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sometimes-mp3tag-refuses-to-start-and-must-be-re-installed/4022/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:59Z")