Installing new version [SOLVED]

jack_magee · July 25, 2016, 8:48am

win 7 64 bit Audacity 2.1.1.

Can the new version be installed over the old?

waxcylinder · July 25, 2016, 9:05am

This page from the draft Manual for the upcoming 2.1.3 release should explain it all: http://alphamanual.audacityteam.org/man/Installing_and_updating_Audacity_on_Windows

WC

jack_magee · July 25, 2016, 11:05am

Noted, thanks. I am curious about the zip option. Wouldn’t you still need to run an exe from inside the zipped version? Or is it portable?

Gale_Andrews · July 25, 2016, 1:16pm

You asked about installation. For that, download and run the installer, not the ZIP.

If you use the ZIP, after extracting all the files from the ZIP, just double-click on “audacity.exe” to launch Audacity. That “audacity.exe” is Audacity itself. There is no installer (such as audacity-win-2.1.2.exe) inside the ZIP file.

Gale

jack_magee · July 25, 2016, 5:20pm

You asked about installation. For that, download and run the installer, not the ZIP.

If you use the ZIP, after extracting all the files from the ZIP, just double-click on “audacity.exe” to launch Audacity. That “audacity.exe” is Audacity itself. There is no installer (such as audacity-win-2.1.2.exe) inside the ZIP file.

Gale

understand now thanks. install fine with me was just curious