Missing Data Folders

[drivvs]

Hello,

I'm using Windows 7 and Audacity 2.1.2.

I've saved a number of Audacity projects before without issue. My most recently saved project now won't open. I first get a message saying that Audacity cannot find the project data folder, and then another message saying that it cannot open the file. I have not moved nor renamed any of the files, or done anything to any data file. I have tried searching my hard drive for the data folders, but they do not appear to be anywhere. Does Audacity ever fail to save a data folder or perhaps name it something odd or save it in an odd place? If the data files are not on my computer, is there anything that I can do to recover the project?

Thanks.

[kozikowski]

There is a condition where Audacity will stash work in a location where a virus protection program will "protect you" by deleting them. We should wait for a Windows elf.

Koz

[kozikowski]

This is an Audacity Project.



You would normally never need to know what's going on inside the _DATA folder. The AUP file is a computer program that tells Audacity what to do with all that stuff inside the _DATA folder. It's not a sound file.

The AUP file is written last, so if you have that and it's not blank (try to open it in a text editor such as NotePad or Text Edit), then Audacity seems to have succeeded in saving the Project.

Koz

[Gale Andrews]

File > Recent Files top left of Audacity will show you the path where you saved recent projects.


Gale