Audacity won't launch

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ilO8
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Audacity won't launch

Post by ilO8 » Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:49 pm

Hello,

Audacity won't launch anymore, all I get when I click the icon is the logo for a few seconds then nothing.
All I did that could have caused the issue is installing accysonus ERA Bundle, enabling it in Audacity then later I uninstalled it.
I tried uninstalling my current Audacity and installing the latest one (2.4.2) but I still get the same issue.
I do have "bug report" files but nothing that could help me.

Thanks for the help
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kozikowski
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Re: Audacity won't launch

Post by kozikowski » Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:05 pm

Did you restart Windows? Do a deep shutdown. Shift+Shutdown, wait and then Start. That clears out more things than the other two.

Koz
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Re: Audacity won't launch

Post by kozikowski » Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:09 pm

I tried uninstalling my current Audacity and installing the latest one (2.4.2)
Isn't there a setting now to "Reset" Audacity? Installing Audacity doesn't reset it and it can hang on to bad settings and adjustments by accident.

I've never done it. Doesn't it pop up in the 2.4.2 install?

Koz
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Trebor
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Re: Audacity won't launch

Post by Trebor » Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:31 pm

ilO8 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:49 pm
 ... accysonus ERA Bundle ....
Is 64-bit only, so currently will only work in Audacity on Mac, not PC ...
https://support.accusonus.com/hc/en-us/ ... 0018739491

ilO8 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:49 pm
 I tried uninstalling my current Audacity and installing the latest one (2.4.2) but I still get the same issue.
Try renaming this hidden Audacity folder to, say, "AudacityOld", then relaunch
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\audacity
Don't delete that hidden folder: it contains your plugins & their settings.
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ilO8
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Re: Audacity won't launch

Post by ilO8 » Sat Nov 21, 2020 11:51 pm

kozikowski wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 6:05 pm
 Did you restart Windows? Do a deep shutdown. Shift+Shutdown, wait and then Start. That clears out more things than the other two.

Koz
Thanks for your answer, I did tried that but didn't work.
Trebor wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 7:31 pm
ilO8 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:49 pm
 ... accysonus ERA Bundle ....
Is 64-bit only, so currently will only work in Audacity on Mac, not PC ...
https://support.accusonus.com/hc/en-us/ ... 0018739491

ilO8 wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:49 pm
 I tried uninstalling my current Audacity and installing the latest one (2.4.2) but I still get the same issue.
Try renaming this hidden Audacity folder to, say, "AudacityOld", then relaunch
C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\audacity
Don't delete that hidden folder: it contains your plugins & their settings.
There's also a 32bits version, which I used, the installation of those plugins was not a problem.
Renaming the folder did work, thanks !
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