# \[X\] Mp3tag interferes with Windows 7 Task Bar **URL:** \ **Category:** No Bugs\ **Created:** [April 28, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-interferes-with-windows-7-task-bar/14679 "2013-04-28T12:42:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bras0778](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bras0778](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bras0778)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-interferes-with-windows-7-task-bar/14679/1 "2013-04-28T12:42:34Z")
Steps to reproduce 1. Install Windows 7 Home Premium and update fully 2. Notice that some programs are automatically pinned to the Task Bar - usually IE, Windows Media Player, Windows Explorer and your default browser if not IE (i.e. Firefox) 3. It is possible to open a Windows Explorer window by (a) clicking on the Task Bar icon or (🕶 clicking in other places, e.g. Start Menu/Document. 4. Install mp3tag 5. The Windows Explorer icon in the Task Bar has been replaced by a white 'unknown document' icon. See screenshot 2. 6a. If you try to click on that icon, you get an error box stating: "Can't open this item It might have been moved, renamed, or deleted. Do you want to remove this item?" 6b. You can still open a Windows Explorer window by clicking in other places, e.g. Start Menu/Document. Something that might be important: I installed MP3tag using an administator account, but obviously 😉 I only run it in a User account. Something that is not important: The Task bar in screenshot 2 is vertical rather than the usual horizontal. That is not the problem. Versions known to be affected: 2.54, 2.55a Obviously I can't be completely certain that this is mp3tag related, but it appeared when I rebooted after my first ever installation of MP3tag (2.54). MP3tag itself runs without any problems, but I fear that this bug might cause other problems one day. ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c68c52a5bc5fa11cebcb02c126c37e83a7bb63fd.JPG) ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/4/48dd1fa9c43d27986bcddd22186494776ab909fb.JPG) ---
**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:** [April 29, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-interferes-with-windows-7-task-bar/14679/2 "2013-04-29T16:39:16Z")
To me it looks as though many more things have gone wrong on your machine. E.g. you have the Mozilla Firefox icon for MP3tag ... If your right-click on the now empty link and look at the properties: where does that link point? It is not very common that WIndows does not find its Explorer any more. ---
**Author:** ![bras0778](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bras0778](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bras0778)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-interferes-with-windows-7-task-bar/14679/3 "2013-04-30T06:10:59Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > To me it looks as though many more things have gone wrong on your machine. > E.g. you have the Mozilla Firefox icon for MP3tag ... It's kind of you to help, ohrenkino, but I don't think this is the problem. I started from a new hard drive a few months ago after the previous one died (praise God I backed up the day before!). Everything was fine until the day I installed MP3tag. The Firefox icon says "MP3tag" because this forum was open in Firefox! 🙂 > [@](#): > > If your right-click on the now empty link and look at the properties: where does that link point? It is not very common that WIndows does not find its Explorer any more. Good question. There are no properties. If you right-click, it works normally (see screenshot 3). It only seems to have a problem when you left-click. ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f5f9ffbb220f2bf1e98b61fc339ce736251479f2.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![yindesu](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/b77776/32.png) [@yindesu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yindesu)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2013, 8:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-interferes-with-windows-7-task-bar/14679/4 "2013-05-06T08:12:09Z")
Mp3tag 2.55a pins fine to the Windows 8 taskbar. I would try reinstalling Mp3tag... ---
**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, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-interferes-with-windows-7-task-bar/14679/5 "2018-12-28T14:32:31Z")
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