# Where are the self created export patterns?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-are-the-self-created-export-patterns/64932
**Category:** Support
**Tags:** installation
**Created:** [June 2, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-are-the-self-created-export-patterns/64932 "2024-06-02T17:23:42Z")
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#### Post date: [June 3, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-are-the-self-created-export-patterns/64932/9 "2024-06-03T08:08:23Z")

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> [@Spastenflosser](#):
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> Thanks I have checked the files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Mp3tag\export which I assume would be the portable installations folder

The portable installation folder is a folder which you define yourself during the installation process. Nobody else than you can know which folder you defined during installation. The folder `C:\Program Files (x86)\Mp3tag` with its subfolders is the standard installation folder for 32bit-non portable installations. The MP3Tag-64bit-Version will install in `C:\Program Files\MP3Tag`. For changing from 32bit to 64 bit installation look here:

> [@Notes on the 64-bit version of Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/notes-on-the-64-bit-version-of-mp3tag/57250):
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> I've released a [64-bit version of Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) a few days ago and received a few questions about differences between the 32-bit version and the 64-bit version. To make it short, there should not be any noticeable differences except for two things: The 64-bit version uses 64-bits to address memory and is no longer limited to 2 GB per application. While the [Library](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/library) feature of Mp3tag is already a very viable solution for large libraries, loosening the memory restriction is one of the key benefits of …

Anyway it is not advisable to select a portable installation and then use the standard windows installations folder `C:\Program Files` or `C:\Program Files (x86)`. Simple users or non elevated users have no write permission to these folders and also should not get them and so spoil this system.

I **never** experienced that any of my Mp3Tag-installtions overwrote my personal files and settings.

To find your old export-scripts I would simply start a filename-search for these on all drives. Also look for files with the name mp3tagsettings.zip.

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