this will happen either with the stop button or the spacebar.
Hapened to me in two different windows pcs and in different projects.
it will either freeze until I close it or just close right away.
this is the log after recovery:
08:07:52: Audacity 2.3.3
08:07:52: Error: Couldn't find symbol 'AudacityModule' in a dynamic library (error 127: No se encontró el proceso especificado.)
08:07:55: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
08:07:55: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'.
08:07:55: Looking up PATH environment variable...
08:07:55: PATH = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\opencv\build\x64\vc15\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files\PuTTY\;C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;C:\Users\esema\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\cygnus\cygwin-b20\H-i586-cygwin32\bin;C:\Users\esema\AppData\Local\GitHubDesktop\bin;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;'
08:07:55: Checking that '' is in PATH...
08:07:55: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
08:07:55: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
08:07:55: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: No se puede encontrar el módulo especificado.)
08:07:55: Loading avutil from ''.
08:07:55: Error: Failed to load shared library '.dll' (error 126: No se puede encontrar el módulo especificado.)
08:07:55: Loading avcodec from ''.
08:07:55: Error: Failed to load shared library '.dll' (error 126: No se puede encontrar el módulo especificado.)
08:07:55: Loading avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
08:07:55: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: No se puede encontrar el módulo especificado.)
08:07:55: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
08:07:55: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e08081b0.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e0808243.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e08084d9.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e08084fa.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e08086d3.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e0808b16.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e0808e7b.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Orphan block file: 'C:\Users\esema\OneDrive\Documents\Audacity\cam2_data\e08\d08\e0808f31.au'
08:07:57: Warning: Project check ignored orphan block file(s). They will be deleted when project is saved.
08:07:57: Warning: Project check found file inconsistencies inspecting the loaded project data.
Moderator note: please do not double post the same issue on two different parts of the Forum - I removed the duplicate for you.