Hi, I recently downloaded Audacity 2.1.2 onto a Windows 10 PC. From the start I have zero ability to save anything as a project/.aup file.
When I try to “Save Project” or “Save Project As” I get the below error.
Anyone have an idea as to what’s preventing Audacity from recognizing the projects I create in it? This happens whether I record directly into Audacity or import an mp3. No matter what I create there’s no way to save as a project with individual tracks. To save, all I can do is export the mp3, which mixes all the tracks down to one.
You have not created a project until you actually save it - until then it is just a temporary, unsaved project.
Try clicking OK in the dialogue in your screenshot, then a project (AUP file and _data folder) will be created. To reopen the saved project, open the AUP file, not the _data folder.
It’s not an error it’s just a friendly warning that you are about to save an Audacity project instead of a “normal” WAV or MP3 file, etc.
If you want to make a WAV (or other audio file) use File-Export instead of File → Save. (Most of the time I export to WAV or MP3 without making an AUP project file.)
If you’ve just made a new recording and you don’t have an audio file, it’s a good idea to export to WAV as a back-up even if you want to save your Audacity project.
Gale, thank you! It’s ridiculous that it never occurred to me to click “OK.” That’s just darn foolish.
The Audacity program on my home computer (I’m using the Windows 10 at work) doesn’t show me that error, probably because I disabled it long ago and had forgotten about it.
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply to such a silly issue.
