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by Philnick
Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:52 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?[SOLVED]
Replies: 7
Views: 883

Re: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?[SOLVED]

Tried the uninstall-reinstall advice, which did not help. (At least I'm now running 2.0.2!) Then I tried the advice relating to the right-click Move To and Copy To power tools. I searched for and found the ClassID for Move To and deleted it from the only place it existed, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AllFilesy...
by Philnick
Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:18 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?[SOLVED]
Replies: 7
Views: 883

Re: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?

How peculiar :? Could you try uninstalling Audacity (completely, all versions that you may have installed) Then run the 2.0.2 installer and select the option to reset preferences when the screen comes up with that option. When you next open Audacity you will be asked if you want preferences to be r...
by Philnick
Fri Aug 24, 2012 3:19 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?[SOLVED]
Replies: 7
Views: 883

Re: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?

I installed it, using its installer, to its default location. My default browser is Firefox 14.0.1, but I doubt that makes any difference, since this message comes up before Audacitiy tells the browser to open the file. This is the only program I've ever seen this behavior from - in two versions now...
by Philnick
Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:16 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: How can I kill the offer to move the help files?[SOLVED]
Replies: 7
Views: 883

How can I kill the offer to move the help files?[SOLVED]

I've been using Audacity for Windows (under XP Pro SP3) since at least version 1.3 and have just upgraded to 2.0.1. One of its most annoying "features" is that whenever you click on Help and choose either Quick Help (in browser) or Manual (in browser) it pops up a folder tree asking where you want t...