# Windows Explorer 5-star rating not working for mp3s anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-explorer-5-star-rating-not-working-for-mp3s-anymore/44226 "2019-01-18T09:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kev681](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/kev681/32/139_2.png) [@kev681](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kev681)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-explorer-5-star-rating-not-working-for-mp3s-anymore/44226/1 "2019-01-18T09:45:28Z")
With a fresh install of Win 7 I can rate my mp3's within windows explorer using the rating feature. In time that feature no longer works, a while back I discovered that if I ran them threw Mp3Tag and I could rate them again. Now that does not work anymore. Any ideas? I have found that there is a way to add rating to Mp3Tag, but does not work ideally, 1 = 1-star, 2 = 4-star, 3, 4 and 5 = no star... ---
**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 18, 2019, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-explorer-5-star-rating-not-working-for-mp3s-anymore/44226/2 "2019-01-18T10:24:17Z")
Here is a similar observation: > [@how to change MP3 rating?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-mp3-rating/18421): > > In Windows 10 (possibly in older versions of Windows), Windows Explorer shows a "Rating" column with between 0 and 5 stars colored yellow to indicate the rating of the each file. I have a Rating field in MP3tag as well, but the two ratings seem to be unrelated. Changing the rating in MP3tag does not change the rating shown by Windows Explorer. Please advise. ---
**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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-explorer-5-star-rating-not-working-for-mp3s-anymore/44226/3 "2026-02-09T12:27:52Z")