# Will not install

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193 "2012-12-03T16:44:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lohjkhl](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/aca169/32.png) [@Lohjkhl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lohjkhl)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193/1 "2012-12-03T16:44:09Z")

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I have tried installing version 253 a few times and it will not work for me. Each time, including the first, I have received the message "Could not write file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Mp3tag\Mp3tag.exe'! Please close all running instances of Mp3tag and try again." I do not have this program installed on my computer and I have restarted my computer and tried the installation process as soon as it started up and I still got this message.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193/2 "2012-12-03T17:17:33Z")

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Right click on the exe file and choose "Run as admin"

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**Author:** ![Hendrikus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@Hendrikus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hendrikus)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193/3 "2014-11-22T08:58:27Z")

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I had the same problem as mentioned before.  
I had tried everything like importing the certificat etc.  
Running as admin did the trick. It installed.

Thanks.

Hendrikus

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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:** [November 22, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193/4 "2014-11-22T15:23:11Z")

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Alternatively, you install it with the user id that is supposed to run the program. By that, you get the correct admission rights for the program folder.  
Yet, another alternative: you could modify the access rights of the program folder so that every user can run the program and not just the owner.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/will-not-install/14193/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:12Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC