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It's best not to keep projects for long term storage. If you are sure the project is finished, export it then delete the AUP file and _data folder. Thanks but I occasionally go back to projects over a year old to tweak this setting or that. As an artist, I am never sure a project is finished ;) and...

This is a tough solution to search for as the word OPEN is in so many posts but I'd like help on improving the OPEN command. I keep dozens and dozens of projects in a directory and, along with every AUP file, there is a *_data folder. My problem is that when I wish to open an old project, I always h...

I personally think Audacity's crash recovery is superb and this particular issue is really just an opportunity to make Audacity even more idiot-proof!

Ah, sorry, let me clarify. I was only referring to putting AUTOSAVE files in RecycleBin and leaving the AU files in AudacityTemp. I might be missing something but there would never be more than one or two AUTOSAVE files in RecycleBin as they would only be moved there in the rare case where a user cl...

I can safely say that we've concluded all efforts to recover this particular project as I was able to re-record everything this morning. It's not as nice as the original that was lost but it will do. Just to fill in a few questions. I am running Windows 7 64-bit. Yes, I have System Restore enabled b...

Now before I give up, is this timestamp thing worth investigating? I do seem to have valid timestamps for all of these .AU files. So, without a valid AUTOSAVE file, would it help if I chronologically renamed the AU files?

I shouldn't be too far out of date as I am running 2.0.3.

Why doesn't Audacity just use the recycle bin for all cases where possible? At least this wouldallow users who accidentally close a project without saving to recover without much effort at all.

How did both files get corrupted in exactly the same fashion?

I just looked at a current AUTOSAVE file and it is definitely different than the ones that were recovered! There is a lot of stuff missing from the beginning of the AUTOSAVE files I want to recover.

Got it steve ... here you go! FYI: these files do not look as much like AUP files as we thought as a lot of XML header stuff is missing. Further, I don't see any reference in the AUTOSAVE file indicating what the project number is. NOTE: Why were there two AUTOSAVE files when I was only working on o...