Fail to replace Audacity. [SOLVED]

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Fail to replace Audacity. [SOLVED]

Post by юра00 » Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:11 pm

When you try to move a folder, for example, to the desktop, appears:
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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by юра00 » Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:17 pm

That is, the folder does not transfer anywhere and recover from trash can. The latest alpha version.

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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by steve » Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:28 pm

What exactly does that message say? (in English)
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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by юра00 » Tue Mar 07, 2017 12:32 pm

The specified file can not be found.
Check if the path and file name are correct.
Is it just me? Previously, everything was fine.

You can only transfer individual files in a folder, and the entire folder can not be moved.

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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by steve » Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:36 pm

Please describe precisely (step by step) what you are doing.
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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by юра00 » Tue Mar 07, 2017 1:58 pm

1.Open: C:\Program Files (x86)\Audacity
(which has been earlier installed from http://gaclrecords.org.uk/win-nightly/ unpacking).
2. Try to replace folder (by the mouse) to the desktop.
3. And fail, see the picture.

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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by steve » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:05 pm

Installed applications should not be manually deleted, you should uninstall them.
See: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/ins ... e-programs
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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by steve » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:08 pm

If you want a version of Audacity that can be run without being installed, get the ZIP version from here: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ and extract the contents of the zip archive to a location that you have read/write permission.

Please also note that "nightly" versions are not official releases and not intended for production work.
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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by юра00 » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:12 pm

True, how to remove an old program, alpha version, except manually? It's not in the list.Why I can not restore the audacity from the trash can (Recycle Bin, корзины)? The same picture.

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Re: Fail to replace Audacity.

Post by Gale Andrews » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:45 pm

steve wrote:If you want a version of Audacity that can be run without being installed, get the ZIP version from here: http://www.audacityteam.org/download/windows/ and extract the contents of the zip archive to a location that you have read/write permission.

Please also note that "nightly" versions are not official releases and not intended for production work.
The Windows nightlies are ZIP files. Even if you extract them to Program Files it is not an "installation" that Windows will see (unless you are extracting into an earlier installation made using an EXE installer of Audacity).


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