it looks like audiacity has a new versiobn that was released about two days ago. Would i need to uninstall the older version before i attempt to download the newer version?
Thank you all very much and have a nice day. 
You only need to uninstall the older version if the older version is 1.3 Beta. See Windows: How do I install Audacity, and do I have to uninstall a previous version first?
Gale