closing file closes Audacity window?

[yinchiao]

I'm just now trying out Audacity & liking it, but whenever I close a file (after exporting changed file as .wav), the Audacity window closes & I have to re-launch it to open the next file. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks for any tips -

[steve]

It is generally a good idea to start new projects with a fresh start of Audacity as that ensures that everything is clear and reset. However, you can over-ride this default behaviour by going to "Edit menu > Preferences > Interface tab" and deselecting the option "Quit Audacity upon closing last window".

[yinchiao]

Thanks, that worked. If "quit after last" is deselected, then only the "Exit" command will quit Audacity, & the close command then closes and reopens a new window rather than simply closing the file. I still don't quite get the concept of clearing all application settings every time you open or close a sound file, or even why the "project" is something different than just modifying & saving a sound file in the same format you start with. But I'm new to it, maybe it will make sense eventually - thanks again.