# What files do I need to keep my settings in XP upgrading to 10?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521 "2016-12-15T12:56:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521/1 "2016-12-15T12:56:52Z")

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A surge killed my motherboard so I didn't get a chance to backup MP3Tag internally but I do have backups of the drive. What files do I need to move to 10 to keep everything that same as I had it in XP?

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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:** [December 15, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521/2 "2016-12-15T13:00:41Z")

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See the FAQs: [/t/964/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/964/1)

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**Author:** ![Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521/3 "2016-12-16T14:11:56Z")

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From the way that read I had to backup the setting via MP3Tag. I didn't do that. I only have the installed files and their backup. I found the zip file "Mp3tagSettings.zip" and it's close to the day the computer died but I didn't know if this would work since I didn't create it.

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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:** [December 16, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521/4 "2016-12-16T14:39:51Z")

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The alternative is that you install MP3tag on the new system and copy all the old files from the data and export folders to the new %appdata%\mp3tag folder

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**Author:** ![Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521/5 "2016-12-16T18:16:31Z")

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Thanks

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**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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-files-do-i-need-to-keep-my-settings-in-xp-upgrading-to-10/18521/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:34Z")

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