Opening AUP Files

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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by steve » Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:43 pm

Try these:
5th Part.aup
(75.52 KiB) Downloaded 14 times
6th part.aup
(92.59 KiB) Downloaded 9 times
Pick ups.aup
(17.84 KiB) Downloaded 9 times
As far as I can tell the problem was caused by the (unofficial) Windows Store version.
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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by missmarianelizabeth » Sat Nov 28, 2020 4:10 pm

Thank you so much Steve. I have made sure that I have got rid of any other variation and now only have the official Audacity on my computer.
You have saved me many hours! Thank you!

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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by nyreewilliams » Sat Nov 28, 2020 5:48 pm

I had this exact problem today... I didn't even download audiotonic it just appeared replacing audacity suddenly... Now I can't open my recordings in audiotonic or audacity...

How did you solve this?

Thanks,
Nyree

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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by Girlwolf » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:05 pm

Hello, I have the exact same problem, but only with my last unfinished project, I can open my old work just fine in both Audiotonic and original Audacity. If someone could take a look I´d really appreciate it!
Attachments
tomboy.aup
(196.11 KiB) Downloaded 13 times

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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by steve » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:19 pm

For anyone having this problem, my advice would be:

1. Uninstall Audiotonic

2. Download and install the real "Audacity 2.4.2" (available via the Audacity website: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/)
During the installation, enable the option to "Reset Preferences".

3. If you need to fix any broken projects, get a "plain text editor" (For Windows I'd recommend NotePad++).
(make a backup copy of the .AUP file before doing anything else)
Open the .AUP file in NotePad++ and find this near the top of the file:

Code: Select all

version="2.1.0.0" audacityversion="2.1.0.0"
change that to:

Code: Select all

version="1.3.0" audacityversion="2.1.0"
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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by steve » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:20 pm

Girlwolf wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:05 pm
Hello, I have the exact same problem, but only with my last unfinished project, I can open my old work just fine in both Audiotonic and original Audacity. If someone could take a look I´d really appreciate it!
I've applied the fix described in my previous post.
tomboy.aup
(196.11 KiB) Downloaded 22 times
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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by Girlwolf » Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:34 pm

steve wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:20 pm
Girlwolf wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 7:05 pm
Hello, I have the exact same problem, but only with my last unfinished project, I can open my old work just fine in both Audiotonic and original Audacity. If someone could take a look I´d really appreciate it!
I've applied the fix described in my previous post.
tomboy.aup
Thank you so much steve you are awesome!!

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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by gracemorga27 » Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:10 am

Hello!
I had the same problem as everyone else, but for some reason, when I followed your steps and changed the coding it was still popping up with a box that said the folder doesn't exist. I attached my file below
Attachments
Expression Audio.aup
(30.51 KiB) Downloaded 7 times

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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by steve » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:29 am

gracemorga27 wrote:
Sun Nov 29, 2020 4:10 am
Hello!
I had the same problem as everyone else, but for some reason, when I followed your steps and changed the coding it was still popping up with a box that said the folder doesn't exist. I attached my file below
The box saying that said the folder doesn't exist is a different issue.

There are two parts to a project - the ".AUP" file which contains a list of instructions for Audacity, and a "_data" folder which contains the audio data for the project. In your case the "_data" folder should be called "Expression Audio_data".
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Re: Opening AUP Files

Post by Maketheskycry » Mon Nov 30, 2020 2:38 am

steve wrote:
Sat Nov 28, 2020 3:13 pm
Put the original AUP files somewhere safe (as a backup), then download these two files and put them into the original locations for "4th Part.aup" and "3rd Part Done.aup".

3rd Part Done.aup
4th Part.aup
I'm having the same problem. Can you help me as well please?! I attached the file onto this message that I need to open
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Closer3.aup
(48.82 KiB) Downloaded 11 times

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