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I can't redo on what I originally did with the original project

Why not? This is where we do the postmortem review so you don't do this again.

Koz

.....I have the data folder.... You can sometimes put a live, original recording back together from the _data folder only, but not an edit. Edit _data folders are seriously scrambled. If you want to try, all the little AU files in the _data folder are six second sound files and will open in a fresh...

There's nothing in the file. It's blank. Screen Shot 2020-06-20 at 3.02.02.png So that's the end of the show. You can't reconstruct an edited show without the AUP file. Do you have a protection copy of the project under a different name? Do you have all the original voice, music and sound files? Cou...

Open up the AUP file in a text editor and read it. The original, official show name is burned into the code (red box on the right). https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/aupFileGraphic-redbox.jpg The AUP filename and the _DATA folder name have to match and it has to be the name you gave them insid...

Scroll down from a forum text window > Attachments > Add Files.

Koz

I mean that when my pc shut down. I'm still fuzzy. The machine shut down by itself? Audacity Emergency Recovery should not be used all the time. That's not a good idea at all. There have been forum posters who claim that Emergency Recovery usually works so well and this one time it failed. Recovery...

I still had other projects that shut down incorrectly.

What does that mean? If your computer has become unstable or you are running out of room, that's very serious and can cause show failure.

Do you use cloud storage? Google Cloud, etc?

Koz

There is another possible failure. Open the AUP file in a text editor, Notepad or Text Edit, for example. Do Not save anything! Read it. It should have English-like programming code similar to this. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/aupFileGraphic-redbox.jpg See the tiny red box on the right? ...

This is an Audacity Project. https://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MyMusicAUP-MyMusic_DATA.jpg The two have to be in the same location or folder, you can't have one inside the other, they have to have the same name, and it has to be the name you gave them inside Audacity. The show should open if y...

No, I don't recommend listening on earbuds. They were handy for the photo.

Koz