# Can no longer import custom file

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**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 3, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-no-longer-import-custom-file/27113 "2023-02-03T21:29:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![ankylosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@ankylosis](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankylosis)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-no-longer-import-custom-file/27113/1 "2023-02-03T21:29:17Z")

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For years [on GitHub](https://github.com/boolbag/Anki-Goodies/tree/master/Creating%20Notes%20in%20Text%20Editor/Syntax%20Coloring%20Scheme%20for%20EditPad%20Pro) I’ve been sharing an incredibly useful syntax coloring scheme for people who edit their notes in text files. This lets us clearly distinguish the fields as we type them.

 ![screen-clip](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/d/d72ebd99cbc79647be8880e60d4db8dd3529fcc1.jpeg)

The scheme assumes the file extension is `4anki3`.  
Just upgraded from 2.1.54 to 2.1.57. Before, Anki would import files with any extension name. Now it has a box that limits the formats that can be imported.

Can you please either:

1. re-enable importing of any file type, or
2. add `4anki3` as an allowed type (it’s a semi-colon-separated file)

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**Author:** ![Rumo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/rumo/32/1505_2.png) [@Rumo](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Rumo)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-no-longer-import-custom-file/27113/2 "2023-02-04T12:26:07Z")

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Can’t you just change the extension to something like `.4anki3.txt`?

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**Author:** ![ankylosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@ankylosis](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/ankylosis)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-no-longer-import-custom-file/27113/3 "2023-02-04T22:07:41Z")

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Yes. That worked. Very clever. Thank you for the idea.

Note to self:

1. in EPP, change the Anki file mask to \*.4anki3.txt
2. Move UP the txt file type **before** the Anki file type, as the last matched mask determines the file type.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-no-longer-import-custom-file/27113/4 "2023-03-06T22:08:33Z")

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