Audacity Closes Immediately

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Audacity 1.2.x is now obsolete. Please use the current Audacity 2.1.x version.

The final version of Audacity for Windows 98/ME is the legacy 2.0.0 version.
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Audacity Closes Immediately

Post by phorneck » Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:16 am

I teach online and use Audacity all the time on my Mac, with no problems. I introduced a fellow-teacher to Audacity - she uses Windows. I am not tech-savvy enough to help her with what may be a very basic question. She records, stops the recording and 6 times out of 10 (yes, she counted), she gets: Audacity.exe has stopped working A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.Windows will clos the program and notify you if a solution is available. She's not able to even get so far as to save the recording or export or anything. Does anybody have any help? Thank you!
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Re: Audacity Closes Immediately

Post by steve » Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:29 am

This is a known problem with Audacity 1.2.x on Vista/Win 7. (Audacity 1.2.x is too old for these operating systems)
For Vista / Win 7 Audacity 1.3.13 should be used (available here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ )
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
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Re: Audacity Closes Immediately

Post by phorneck » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:50 pm

Thank you! That's exactly what was needed!
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