# Track order not working **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-order-not-working/68200 **Category:** Support **Tags:** player **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-order-not-working/68200 "2025-04-14T19:02:59Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### 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: [April 14, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-order-not-working/68200/6 "2025-04-14T19:28:16Z")
It could be that the player uses the order in which files got copied to the device. Delete all the tracks on the device, Sort them correctly in the windows explorer, Select the files in the windows explorer move the mouse cursor to the first file in the list and then, with the focus on the first file, drag&drop the files to the device. This should start the transfer really with the first file. Otherwise the file under the mouse cursor gets copied first. See also here: > [@Car not playing in sequence from SD card](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-not-playing-in-sequence-from-sd-card/67116/3): > > This is likely the case. I have an older (2012) car stereo that plays from a USB drive, but will play in the order the files are written to the USB drive. This order is effectively random, from a listener's point of view. I believe this is a limitation of the FAT drive formatting; your car may recognize the SD card if it's formatted NTFS or something else, but it may not. Mine doesn't. My solution is to use a freeware called DriveSort. This will rewrite the file allocation table (which is where… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-order-not-working/68200)._