Can't not open exist .aup3 or save new records - Version 3.7.4

Just updated to Version 3.7.4 and can no longer save a new recording. Get a message the file doesn’t exist – which is true because it’s a new file. Also, cannot open an existing AUP3 file – get a message “failed to open data base”. I have over 400GB of free space on my SSD drive and can read/write files in the folder I’m trying to use. I’m running Audacity on a Windows 11 laptop and did not have any problems with the previous version.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Can you open any of your other existing projects or is the database error confined to one project?

Mark B

I tried opening multiple AUP3 files, which I can browse to, but fail to open. It acting like a permission issue but the security properties for the folder/files shows full control for all users. And it’s strange to get a file not found message when trying to create i.e., save a new file.

I decided to uninstall 3.7.4 and reinstall 3.7.2 and all is working again. Not sure if the newer version has an issue or it was just a bad install. I going to wait for the next version past 3.7.4 before updating again.

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