Audacity won't overwrite files, even when told to [SOLVED]
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.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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BoisePhoneGuy
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Re: Audacity won't overwrite files, even when told to [SOLVED]
I've had the same issue. We have several Windows 10 machines and Mac's that share the files. The issue happens with all of the devices. But up until a few weeks ago it was putting "-oldX.wav" now it adds a digit. The "-oldX.wav" was easy to see and we knew it was not the newest version. Adding a digit is VERY frustrating as our file names are like "A290100.wav". I looked at the properties for the files and see I have "read/write" permission but "staff" and "everyone" just has "read" permissions. I have thousands of files in hundreds of folders, it would be a nightmare to change the permissions for all of them. Is there a way to get the "-oldX." put back?