CANNOT EXPORT EDITED SONG IN MP3 FORMAT

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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HI
I AM USING WINDOW 7 SERVICE PACK 1 64 BIT MACHINE
AUDACITY 2.0.1
INSTALLED LAME 3.99.3
I EDITED A MP3 SONG AND EXPORTED FILE IN MP3 IT SHOWED ME A MESSAGE FILE ENDS IN .MP3 AND SOME PROGRAMES WILL NOT OPEN FILE WITH NON STANDARD EXTENSION. IT SAVED JUST AS A FILE. IT CANNOT BE PLAYED IN WINAMP .
I AGAIN TRIED TO WAS TRYING TO EXPORT IN MP3 FORMAT BUT THE RESULT WAS SAME

PLEASE ADVISE HOW CAN I GET OVER THIS PROBLEM


THANKS

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Probably the first step is to stop Windows from hiding the “real” file extension. Windows is famous for this. Multiple viruses come down looking like “harmlessfile.mp3” when in fact the real filename was harmlessfile.mp3.exe, a very dangerous executable.

– Hidden File Extensions
– Start > My Computer > Tools > Folder Options > View > [ ] Hide Extensions for Known File Types (deselect)
– Apply (to this folder) or Apply to All Folders
– OK

Koz

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You probably have a period in the file name.
See this FAQ: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#extensions

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Ragnar