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Posted: **26 Jul 2016 23:41**

I have a large list of tagged items, sometimes I want to change the drive letter or adding custom paths. So I go and edit the tag.dat file -because edit tagged items inside explorer takes around 3 minutes to load the window- but nothing apply or change.

It only works after open "Tagged items" inside Xyplorer, it seems like a refresh to apply changes

Is there any way to avoid opening tagged items window inside Xyploer to apply tag.dat changes?

Thanks in advance

Posted: **27 Jul 2016 04:32**

From the help file:

In case you edit tag.dat manually...

Sort Order. The tagged item lines must be in binary ascending sort order (A < B ... < a < b ...). If you manually edit tag.dat and are unsure about the correctness of the sort order, you can have the data sorted by using "Options | Database Check..." in Configuration | Tags.

Capitalization matters. You must care for the right capitalization of the file names. Reason: For better performance, the comparisons are done by byte, not by character.

So if you make manual changes, write a script that takes care of the binary ascending sort order afterwards. And you have to use Menu - Favorites - Reload Tags Database or restart XYplorer after you've edited the file.

3 minutes loading time... How many files have you tagged? oO

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