Audacity won't open

[sabbath93]

for some reason when I try to open the desktop icon, it just won't maximize it just stays minimized. btw not sure it matters but I have the new beta audacity. 1.3.9

[kozikowski]

Will it open if you do it the hard way? Start > All Programs > etc?

Koz

[Edgar]

for some reason when I try to open the desktop icon, it just won't maximize it just stays minimized. btw not sure it matters but I have the new beta audacity. 1.3.9

Hi sabbath93!

This is symptomatic of a problem that has been repaired in Audacity 1.3.10. The simplest repair will be to open your audacity.cfg file, on Vista it is located here:

C:UsersYOURUSERNAMEAppDataRoamingAudacityaudacity.cfg

If you do not care about any of your other configuration settings simply delete the file -- it will be re-created with usable default values. If, on the other hand you wish to repair only the damaged section open audacity.cfg with your favorite text editor (Notepad will do), scroll down until you find something like this:

[Window]
X=-32000
Y=-32000
Width=600
Height=400
Maximized=0

(the numbers you are looking at may be quite different) change the values so they look like this:
[Window]
X=25
Y=25
Width=600
Height=400
Maximized=0

This will force Audacity to open with the 1st project window in a known good location, size and state.

If this resolves your problem, please let us know. If this does not resolve your problem you will need to give us more specific details on how the problem presents itself -- what operating system are you running, when you launch the Audacity application does its icon appear in your taskbar?