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Why yes, the place where I save my projects and Audacity's temp folder are probably one in the same.

I'm guessing from your posts that this could be the problem.

This is good news. I will try saving in a different place than the audacity temp folder and see if this helps.

Thank you gentlemen.

Steve, They're disappearing FROM the folder I save them TO...ie., my designated temp directory where ALL my audacity projects go. And they're not going anywhere else because a full search of my computer for .aup files is fruitless. You ask how I don't notice the files are gone BEFORE opening audacit...

OK, I have 160g of hard drive space.

I checked my hard drive for errors. It's fine.

The .aup files are not hidden.

Not only are the .aup files disappearing, exported wavs are disappearing too.

Maybe I should try importing my vinyl with another program.

Well, the computer is only 6 months old; I did a virus scan last week; and I'm using all the valid characters that are allowed in a file name. Perhaps windows IS hiding the files from me. These audacity projects are the only ones that disappear. This hasn't happened to any other files (that I know o...

I checked the FAQ's and tired searching the board for this topic, but to no avail. I thought I was going crazy and that I was accidentally deleting all my .aup files, but now I've found that after recording an LP in a project and the saving it, I'll open Audacity the next day only to discover that m...