Reinstalling Audacity

[chaidragonfire]

Apparently Audacity has become corrupted and it doesn't register my mike anymore. And yes, the mike is in perfect working order, I tested it.....also ran a diagnostic on it and the pc says nothing is wrong.

So it has to be Audacity. It just wont record sound at all, no matter what I do.

So........

Will Audacity reinstall over itself?
If I have to delete it and reinstall, will the delete affect any of my .aud files?

[DVDdoug]

How did you test the mic?

What kind of mic are you using? Are you using the mic built-into your laptop?

Did you select the mic as your Recording Device.

You can reinstall Audacity without deleting your AUP project files/folders, but this probably isn't an Audacity problem and re-installing is unlikely to help. Audacity gets the audio-data from the Windows drivers and if the hardware & drivers are working Audacity should work.

[chaidragonfire]

How did you test the mic?

What kind of mic are you using? Are you using the mic built-into your laptop?

Did you select the mic as your Recording Device.

You can reinstall Audacity without deleting your AUP project files/folders, but this probably isn't an Audacity problem and re-installing is unlikely to help. Audacity gets the audio-data from the Windows drivers and if the hardware & drivers are working Audacity should work.

Ok, I didn't notice the recording selection had changed, so I changed it back.

But I closed out the program and opened Audacity to start a new recording and now my mike selection does not even show up on the dropdown list!

Whats going on?

I've ran all the pc troubleshooters, which say nothing is wrong. I got onto Microsoft help forums, and seems theres a lot of people who have this issue, but nobody at MS has ever responded. I've ran some online tests which all say the mike works fine.

So I don't know whats happening.

I haven't changed anything since the last time I recorded, and I haven't done anything to my pc since then. I've even checked for updates on everything and everything says all my pc items are functioning normally and up to date.