# Wrong characters in error message with German Umlaute

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [July 30, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508 "2018-07-30T06:34:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![masterm1nd](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@masterm1nd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/masterm1nd)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/1 "2018-07-30T06:34:03Z")

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Got this error-message (Windows 10, German): "Die Syntax für den Dateinamen, Verzeichnisnamen oder die Datenträgerbezeichnung ist falsch."

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### Author: ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2018, 6:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/2 "2018-07-30T06:46:47Z")

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What have you done exactly to get this message?  
If you speak German you can write your report here:  
[https://community.mp3tag.de/c/de/fehlermeldungen](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/de/fehlermeldungen)

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### Author: ![masterm1nd](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@masterm1nd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/masterm1nd)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/3 "2018-07-30T16:40:53Z")

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I tried to rename a file by its tag fields. The title tag had an an invalid character, then this message popped up. But my posting is about the error message not the error itself 😉

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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: [July 30, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/4 "2018-07-30T17:09:05Z")

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> [@masterm1nd](#):
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> The title tag had an an invalid character

Usually, illegal characters are ignored unless you use $validate() or some other pre-processing. So it would still be interesting to see which original string caused this message.  
A title like `t*i*t*l*e` would become "title" as the asterisk is an illegal character.

The German language file does not contain this message. So could it originate somewhere else? Like an Explorer substitute?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2018, 6:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/5 "2018-07-31T06:47:46Z")

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Thanks for reporting. I'll fix it to the next release.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/6 "2018-08-17T16:52:46Z")

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I've fixed this with [Mp3tag v2.89b](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455). Thanks again for reporting!

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-characters-in-error-message-with-german-umlaute/42508/7 "2018-12-28T14:12:19Z")

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