audacity didn’t save my PROJECT

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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hi all.

i used file > save project > save as… > audacity. my project showed up in the folder but when i click on it it brings me to a new audacity project and says that there was an error while saving and that i need to “recover projects”. the entire list of recoverable projects are the original and all of the saves that i have.
i tried recovering the original project and it just opened a new project and told me to somehow save my project (which i can’t do). this seems like a never-ending loop of torture and i’ve been ripping my hair out because of this for the past 30 minutes. are there any similar topics to mine? i need to gain access to my original file.

TL;DR: my audacity project saved incorrectly and i don’t know how to properly recover it and save it in a safe spot.

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Note that there were some bugs in earlier versions of Audacity that could exhibit this behavior. Make sure update to the most recent version: 3.1.3. Audacity ® | Downloads :smiley:

If you still have the problem with 3.1.3 you can try assuming that the project is corrupt and exercise the instructions here: Corrupt or Otherwise Broken Audacity Project Recovery but it is more likely that 3.1.3 will bail you out of trouble.

If this is Audacity 2.x or prior with an .aup project and _data files, these steps are not applicable and you’ll have to wait for someone else to post.

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oh my gosh thank you so much!

i downloaded ver. 3.1.3 and click on the audacity project and it worked. i was so bummed and i worked so hard on this to make it pristine and perfect. you are amazing!

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:smiley: :sunglasses: :ugeek: