hello,
I inadvertently edited the tag.xml file when trying to make a custom metadata template. At this time, whenever I load any of the three .xml “tag” files (3 total, 1 default, the tag.xml, and 2 custom) the fields in the metadata table populate with information from the edited “tag.xml” file. How do I correct my error please? I am using Windows 7 and my Audacity version is 2.1.2
Thank you
How do you “inadvertently” edit a file?
As (I assume) you are not very familiar with XML, it’s probably easiest to just delete the files and export new ones from the Metadata Editor.
How do you “inadvertently” edit a file? I was not paying attention to the file name, made and saved changes to the tag.xml file instead of another xml file. I am unfamiliar with .xml files, but the new file I created produced the results that I wanted. I thought the tag.xml file was an original Audacity file. I corrected my error, thank you.
Oops. Yes I’ve done that sort of thing myself 
Cool. What was the problem? Mismatched tags?
Yes, that was the problem. Despite selection and loading of a custom “tag.xml” file, each time I attempted to export a mp3 file, the metadata editor loaded the tag information from the mistakenly edited xml file. Before I received your assistance, I believed I cleared the individual tag fields in the edited xml. file, and re-saved it as a the default. it appeared to work, but if I have problems I will resort to your suggestion. Thank you