Audacity 3.7.3 crashes upon opening after installing OpenVINO. WHY!?!?!

I tried to install OpenVINO AI plugins on Audacity 3.7.3 (i don’t like ai much. i just installed this so i could do vocal isolation and audio center extraction), and now it crashes upon opening. I tried deleting the openvino.npu.(forgot the filename lol) dll, and the OpenCL (or GL? I forgottt), and I also updated my Realtek High-Definition Audio Drivers…and Audacity still won’t open. I am at my wit’s end here. WHAT DO I DO!?!?!?! (why did muse turn audacity into this…dramatic british soap opera voice)
audacity 3.7.3 crash report after installing openvino plugins (may 17th, 2025).txt (80.3 KB)

Oh, and an additional screenshot, because new users can only put one embedded media file on a post (I joined this forum today, on May 17th, 2025)

Can you try deleting openvino_intel_gpu_plugin.dll?

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forgot to say: i deleted openvino, and that fixed the problem.
why are they pushing this AI crap anyway?

Sorry the plugins didn’t work out for you. I was willing to help you work through your issues… Did my initial suggestion help? I’ve seen some issues on older platforms that have outdated GPU drivers installed, perhaps that was an issue.

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