Audacity won't open, code 0x80070005

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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For some reason Audacity won’t open and I don’t know why.

I try to start it but it just won’t open. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled it. Near the end of the installation it said “IPersistFile::Save failed; code 0x80070005. Access is denied.”

I went searching for this file, but I was unable to find it.

What do I do?

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Please see here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/ipersistfile-save-failed-code-0x80070005-solved/29718/1

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I tried doing those, but when I downloaded the .zip and ran it, it gives me this message.
“The program can’t start because the wxbase28u_vc_custom.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.”

But when I went to the folder, the .dll was there. So I deleted it and copied over the one from the installation and it still says the same thing.

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Did you extract the files from the zip using 7-Zip or Windows unzip (right-click over the file in Explorer)?

Are you the administrator on that computer? What version of Windows is it?


Gale

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I uses WinRAR to extract the files and I am the administrator. I am currently using Windows 7.

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Is that a 32 bit version of Windows or a 64 bit version?

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This may be a different issue to code 0x80070005. When you have checked if you have 32-bit or 64-bit Windows as Steve suggests, try downloading and install the appropriate
32-bit or 64-bit Microsoft “Redistributable Package” as follows:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#probs .

Then reboot the computer. Turn it completely off for at least a minute before restarting it.


Gale