think ive done something stupid, which messed up auadcity

[cdarkwolf]

i bought me a headset to use in a game and i couldnt get it to work. i tried different things and still didnt get it to work. i thought by deleting this one thing it would work but it didnt. come to find out all i had to do is to unplug the mic i had in the back. as for the stupid part what i deleated was realtek. i thought it was nothing so i removed it to try to make the headset work, was i wrong or what. i tried to use audacity but the selection was greyed out. i got back some of it from another post but it doesnt have the what you hear option. also in my game the sound is a bit shakey now. how ever for some reason i saved the realtek folder, i went to the start button aand explored thats how i found it. so my questions are: is there a way to install it back on the computer from the folder or is ther a place i can download it from? (ive allready been to the website but it just has spreed sheets and something else in the downloads, i dont know what to download) sorry for the long post and thanks for reading and trying to help with my problem.

[kozikowski]

Could you be working too hard? Given that RealTech is the sound card in your machine, I'd try looking on the install CD that came in the box. Sometimes there is a provision to reinstall the native driver software. This is especially true if the RealTech stuff is on the motherboard and not part of a separate card.

You did hit the sweet spot as far as resetting Audacity. 1.2.x has it's preferences burned into the Dreaded Windows Registry and the only option is to reinstall the software. You did keep the original download file, right?

Koz

[cdarkwolf]

what do you mean by original download file? the one i saved before i deleted it? ill try to reinstall it frome the cd, if i can find the cd.

[kozikowski]

It's just slightly faster if you saved the original Audacity download file. If not, you just get to sit through the download again.

Koz