portable version ,create an empty folder

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hi
i really like audacity portable because i can use everywhere , i have on usb3 portable hard disk

to create a portable version , i create an empty folder “Portable Settings”

but i have noticed that audacity Audacity 2.1.2 & Audacity 2.1.3 create an empty folder here c:\Users*MYNAME*\AppData\Local\Audacity\

is it a bug?
could be fixed ? or is there a fix to avoid the creation of this folder?
just becase i use at work , and i can’t use other software

I use audacity and download from here http://www.audacityteam.org/
thanks

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I don’t know if this will work but you can try changing the [u]Temporary files directory[/u].

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Hi DVDdoug
no it’s no related to temp folder
could you try it and confirm?

thanks DVDdoug

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That is the default location of the Audacity folder for temporary data (the SessionData folder inside that folder stores the temp files).

That folder is not where Audacity settings are stored, which is C:\Users<user name >\AppData\Roaming\Audacity.

If C:\Users<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Audacity exists, which it will do if you ran Audacity before creating the Portable Settings folder, Audacity correctly does not delete that folder. But it should only be using the settings in Portable Settings.

With Portable Settings existing, change Snap To bottom left of Audacity to “Previous” and exit Audacity. Restart Audacity. Do you still see “Previous”?

Exit Audacity. Rename Portable Settings to something else, then restart Audacity. “Previous” should now have changed to “Off”. Exit Audacity, rename the folder back to Portable Settings and restart Audacity. “Off” should have reverted to “Previous”.


Gale

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yes
but if you delete it , audacity portable re-create it

With Portable Settings existing, change Snap To bottom left of Audacity to “Previous” and exit Audacity. Restart Audacity. Do you still see “Previous”?

yes i changed to prior and exit , restart audacity and the setting it prior

Exit Audacity. Rename Portable Settings to something else, then restart Audacity. “Previous” should now have changed to “Off”. Exit Audacity, rename the folder back to Portable Settings and restart Audacity. “Off” should have reverted to “Previous”.
Gale

hi
this reset the preferences to default ,and yes off is the default

but audacity in portable mode should not create an empty folder
thanks

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Sorry, I read a little too quickly and missed that you had given the location of the Audacity temp folder rather than the location of the Audacity settings directory, which is different. Doug was incorrect in saying that the temp folder has any bearing on this.

I corrected my reply: https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/portable-version-create-an-empty-folder/45642/4 Please read it again, and it should now make sense. The Audacity settings directory will not be recreated if you delete it before running Audacity with a “Portable Settings” folder.

The Audacity temp folder will be recreated whether Audacity uses Portable Settings or not. That is correct.

Note that we do not support https://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable. I am talking only about Audacity supplied by us from http://www.audacityteam.org/download/.


Gale