# Win10 tags not showing in Win7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510 "2021-01-08T14:17:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mf0u3021](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@mf0u3021](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mf0u3021)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510/1 "2021-01-08T14:17:40Z")
I tagged all my FLAC files in Win10, but they don’t show up on my Win7 PC when I plug in my external hard drive. The only tags it shows in Win7 are the downloaded FLAC files that already had tag data. This is within the mp3tag program itself. (But also other programs and explorer). Any ideas? Was hoping to setup up Win7 as a media centre but don’t want to rename everything all over again. ---
**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 8, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510/2 "2021-01-08T16:06:01Z")
AFAIK windows 7 explorer and WMP do not support FLAC tags. It could be that if you enter them in WMP that they are stored in the WMP database. ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510/3 "2021-01-09T02:46:50Z")
Native support for FLAC in Windows was only added in Win10. There is a WMP plugin called WMP Tag Plus that you can use that adds this support in older versions, and worked well for me. ---
**Author:** ![mf0u3021](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@mf0u3021](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mf0u3021)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510/4 "2021-01-10T16:07:39Z")
I’m not using WMP. I use VLC, and Winamp at the moment. All the manual changes I made to FLAC tags using mp3tag in Win10 no longer register in Win7. eg File1 on external HD using Win7 PC: Artist: abc Track: 123 Use Win10 PC mp3tag to edit File1 tag: Artist: abc Track: 123 Year: 2017 Open File1 on Win7 PC using mp3tag/VLC/winamp: Artist: [none] Track: [none] Year: [none] Files haven’t been copied as they are stored on external HD - the only thing I did was edit tags on Win10, and now Win7 no longer recognises any tag data. The only tags that now show up in Win7 are ones that haven’t been edited using mp3tag in Win10. ---
**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 10, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510/5 "2021-01-10T16:20:55Z")
Could you check if you use the same settings in respect to which tags you read and write? See File\>Options\>Tags\>Mpeg for that I suspect that you write APE tags in W7 but don't read them in W10. The settings should be the same for both installations. ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win10-tags-not-showing-in-win7/51510/6 "2026-02-09T12:29:00Z")