Audacity Frozen

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Audacity 1.2.x is now obsolete. Please use the current Audacity 2.1.x version.

The final version of Audacity for Windows 98/ME is the legacy 2.0.0 version.
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Audacity Frozen

Post by hoodmobsta88 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 10:51 pm

my audacity is frozen, but i still have the screen up wit my recording... i cant play it, stop it, or save... any help?

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Re: Audacity Frozen

Post by kozikowski » Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:03 pm

Is the computer frozen? How are you posting to the forum?

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Re: Audacity Frozen

Post by hoodmobsta88 » Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:07 pm

no, my laptop is ok... audacity program, is frozen, but my file is still up... i didnt exit out

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Re: Audacity Frozen

Post by steve » Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:50 pm

I'm guessing that:
you are using Audacity 1.2.6
on Windows Vista and
this is a really important never to be repeated performance
that you have recorded with a microphone
on a laptop
using the on-board sound card in the laptop,
and the project has not yet been saved.

If that's correct, do a search for " *.au " (without quotes) - you will need to enable searching for hidden files.
You should find a Temp folder with loads of .au files in it.
Locate that file on the hard drive and make a copy of the entire contents.
Force Audacity to quit using the Task Manager.
Restart Audacity - if you are really lucky the project will be recovered automatically.

If anything is different from this assumed scenario, please fill in the blanks.
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