# 'Tracknumber' suddenly empty in windows **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumber-suddenly-empty-in-windows/61974 **Category:** Support **Created:** [August 29, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumber-suddenly-empty-in-windows/61974 "2023-08-29T13:13:11Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian) #### Post date: [August 30, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumber-suddenly-empty-in-windows/61974/7 "2023-08-30T04:41:32Z")
In addition to what @ryerman wrote above, please also see here for details on how to remove excess padding: > [@Why does certain artwork break Windows Explorer Metadata?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-does-certain-artwork-break-windows-explorer-metadata/59995/4): > > The example file has a really large embedded picture, it's 3MB which breaks Windows Explorer. If you remove it or resize it from within Mp3tag (e.g., via Adjust Cover), the preoccupied space is still left as padding (which is reserved space for future changes). Unfortunately, it might be still too large for Explorer to handle. Before you ask: removal of padding (or at least resizing it to something that makes sense) is on my internal list of things to improve for Mp3tag. Until then, you can cr… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumber-suddenly-empty-in-windows/61974)._