I have downloaded a album image cover and selected the cover and saved through MP3 Tag which is fine but when I play the track in both MP3 tag and Windows Media Player it still shows the old cover. How do I get it to show the new saved cover to show when playing the track. TIA

A quick forum search reveals this hint: [image] Changed cover doesn't display in m4a files in windows explorer and desktop Support I would always think that if MP3tag shows the modified data correctly, then MP3tag has done its duty. If the player then acts up…

I have removed the original cover and replaced it with the new cover and saved. The new cover shows in the bottom left of MP3 tag. When I click to pay the track through MP3 tag a new windows screen pops (windows Media player) up but it shows the old cover and not the new cover I have saved in MP3 ta…

Have you cleared the WMP cache, the file folder.jpg and perhaps even the file thumbs.db?

See the linked thread by @LyricsLover .

Stamping a track To Show Cover When Playing Windows media Player

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LyricsLover March 9, 2026, 7:24am 2

A quick forum search reveals this hint:

Just to be sure: Do you see the new cover in Mp3tag after you load this changed song again into Mp3tag or not?