Audacity has never recognized that I exported a file to a different format (MP3) when I close the program, it always prompts me if I want to save the file after I exported it and want to close Audacity. I’m assuming they only read it if it’s saved in their format.
I have version 3.7.3, and now whenever I open Audacity, a window pops up wondering if I want to recover a “crashed” file from a week or so ago. It didn’t crash, I just exported it and deleted the existing recording in their format.
How do I stop this window from opening every time I start Audacity? I don’t see it mentioned anywhere in “Preferences.” Thanks.
Exporting is not the same as saving. Audacity saves everything in an “Audacity Project” file (.aup3 in “modern” 3.x versions or .aup plus a data folder in older versions). With these, you should have all your changes saved, with the ability to undo them etc.
However, it is still a good idea to export also in a non-destructive format (such as AIFF, WAV, etc.), should the project file become corrupted.
I do not know where Audacity stores this information, but I suppose it is somewhere in your %appdata%/Roaming/audacity folder (I do not use Audacity on Windows). Look for folders named “crashreports”, “Session Data” and “AutoSave”. Also, the file “lastlog.txt” might be interesting to inspect.
If you would delete the whole “audacity” folder, you would lose all settings made to Audacity - but you could just move the folder elsewhere while Audacity is not running and then open Audacity again. The folder will be re-created automatically, and you could compare old/new folder to find out where the crash info is stored.
Usually with something like this there is a checkbox you can click that says “Do not show this again.” There isn’t here, and I didn’t find anything about it under Preferences. The stuff you suggested is over my head so I’ll just live with another annoying popup.
This could be the result of a locked semaphore file. Restarting the computer usually unlocks them. If not, a disc utility might be needed. I have no idea where the semaphore file is saved.
