Audacity failed to open a file in C Error

[dadofdivas]

I had been working on a multiple track file for a few hours and then when I came back to it, the file will not open and I get this error. Inside the error I get this:

{
“timestamp”: 1773397241,
“event_id”: “664d99756754ad47a037ddda3cebb22c”,
“platform”: “native”,
“release”: “audacity@3.7.5”,
“contexts”: {
“os”: {
“type”: “os”,
“name”: “Windows”,
“version”: “10.0.22631”
}
},
“exception”: {
“values”: [
{
“type”: “File_Error”,
“value”: “Audacity failed to read from a file in .”,
“mechanism”: {
“type”: “runtime_error”,
“handled”: false,
“data”: {
“sqlite3.rc”: “11”,
“sqlite3.context”: “SqliteSampleBlock::Load::step”
}
}
}
]
}
}

Can anyone help? I tried to do the manual fix I found on support, but that did not work either.

[dadofdivas]

When I follow the “fix” from audacity, I get as far on the command prompt to where is says: C:\Users\_________\Downloads\AudRepair>audacity-project-tools -drop_autosave broken.aup3 - but instead of getting “Project requires Audacity 3.0.0” as it says on Audacity help, I get: unable to open database file and then I cannot get it to create a new file to attempt to open.

[evilmrb]

How big is the project file, please? Provided it’s not too huge I’d be willing to look at it. I am using 3.7.7 though so it may still not open in 3.7.5. It might mean being forced to upgrade to re-open it - provided it can be fixed, of course.

[dadofdivas]

That would be great. How can I get it to you. It is 941 MB

[evilmrb]

I’ve tried everything I know and I have to admit defeat, I’m afraid. The database is corrupt and the Audacity project tools won’t fix it. Sorry! I tried.
Since you mentioned that it is a multi-track project, I’d suggest learning to use a DAW program like Reaper, Waveform Free or anything you might have tried/heard of. They are better suited to the task. Lots of people do use Audacity because it’s easier to use. It’s just not as robust as it could be.