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Help for Audacity on Windows.
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Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".

Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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Ghost-Eater
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Error message

Post by Ghost-Eater » Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:33 pm

Hi , I am trying to open Audacity Version 2.0.3 in Windows 10 but get this message when clicking the icon after installation:

The system has detected that another copy of Audacity is running. Running two copies of Audacity simultaneously may cause data loss or may cause your system to crash. Use the New or Open commands in the currently running Audacity process to open multiple projects simultaneously

Not sure how to fix it, I tried deleting the audacity.cfg file as mentioned in another post but that didn't work. Anyone know how to fix this? Also, I noticed another thread saying someone couldn't record using Windows 10 so even if I can get past this hurdle is it likely it won't work anyway?

Any help greatly appreciated!
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steve
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Re: Error message

Post by steve » Sun Jan 03, 2021 11:09 pm

It's a bug that was fixed a long time ago. The solution is to upgrade to the current Audacity 2.4.2.
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Ghost-Eater
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Re: Error message

Post by Ghost-Eater » Mon Jan 04, 2021 8:21 pm

Thank you!
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