# User defined genres lost on upgrade

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genres-lost-on-upgrade/50574
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 25, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genres-lost-on-upgrade/50574 "2020-10-25T19:17:27Z")
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### 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 25, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genres-lost-on-upgrade/50574/2 "2020-10-25T19:20:39Z")

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See here to find places where data for MP3tag can be found:

> [@Installation & Backup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-backup/964/4):
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> Cannot write configuration file If you're getting the error message Cannot write configuration file when closing Mp3tag, it's most likely a file permissions issue. This can happen if you recently updated your Windows version or moved data from one computer to another. In this case, the file permissions sometimes reference Windows user accounts that do not exist on the updated computer or are not the one which you're currently using. To resolve this, the file permissions need to be adjusted. Ho…

Look for the file genres.ini.

A normal update does not loose the genres. I suspect that you installed MP3tag as portable version in a new folder.

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