# Using tags and tieing the changes back to my Explorer folder **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 12, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680 "2023-01-12T18:02:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rob1bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@rob1bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rob1bob2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680/1 "2023-01-12T18:02:25Z")
I just found out about this software. I have in a folder about 1200 mp3 songs of which around 100 do not have the name of the artist and I want to add the artist to the file. As I've found out I cannot go into the folder in Explorer and add this feature, hence finding this software. I don't really understand "tags." I tried the software and tied it to the folder in Explorer and found I can add the artist. I don't know how to save the updates back to my Explorer folder. I add and subtract mp3s in the folder then copy them to my mp3 player. What am I missing? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680/2 "2023-01-12T18:04:40Z")
Where do you expect to see the changes that you have made? Tags are embedded metadata - it is not the filename. You could rewrite the filename, though, if that helps you. See also the first steps as described in the documentation: > **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/)** > > A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ---
**Author:** ![rob1bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@rob1bob2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rob1bob2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680/3 "2023-01-12T18:08:01Z")
I will check out what you've sent. My goal is to see all of the changes I've made show up in my folder in Explorer so I can add and subtract from there. I'm a bit old school. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680/4 "2023-01-12T18:09:35Z")
Honestly: any decent player reads the tags and hardly relies on the file names. You would do yourself a favour if you embedded the metadata and left the filenames as they are or at least invest only as little effort as necessary in them. If ou really only want to rename the files, then you are probably better off with a dedicated file handling program. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680/5 "2023-01-12T18:10:50Z")
> [@rob1bob2](#): > > My goal is to see all of the changes I've made show up in my folder in Explorer or > [@rob1bob2](#): > > I add and subtract mp3s in the folder then copy them to my mp3 player. These are two completely different things. What exactly do you want to achieve? If you want to see the modified content eventually in your mp3 player, you need to embed the data into your tags. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-tags-and-tieing-the-changes-back-to-my-explorer-folder/59680/6 "2026-02-09T12:30:00Z")