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When I "saved as" my data files to desktop, it deleted everything when I tried to move the files back to my audacity folder. It may be useful to know that when you do a "Save Project" or "Save Project As" Audacity saves your work in multiple .au files under a project_data direcory and and then a de...

steve wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:07 am

The default Save directory (Windows) is:
Documents\Audacity\

To reset Audacity:
"Tools menu > Reset Configuration"
Then Exit Audacity and restart.

Problem solved, thank you.

I'll also try to set this folder to be avoided by Norton in case.

I just checked the Quarantined section in my Norton Security History and there was nothing. So they were definitely deleted all immediately. Maybe it wasn't Norton and they were deleted by some other method, but it was just so immediate. The process really was as simple as moving my files back to th...

Exactly which Audacity are you using? Help > About. There was an early version of Audacity that had troubles with "Save-As." The current version is 2.4.2. As a fuzzy rule, you need virus protection less if you're not connected to the internet—at all. Many virus packages allow you to list protected ...

When I "saved as" my data files to desktop, it deleted everything when I tried to move the files back to my audacity folder.

I made the stupid decision to "save as" data folder to desktop, which was not the Audacity default designation and then through some moving files, they automatically got deleted. I uninstalled and reinstalled audacity but now the default designation for "save as" is my desktop. I'm at a lost what to...