I opened up a saved folder Final Mix.aup and made some changes. I clicked on "Save Project" (not "Save project as"). When I closed the project and then re-opened it, I got the error message: "Couldn't find the project folder: Final Mix_data". This is my entire project!! How do I retrieve that folder?
I just found a response in your forums to this question.
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8669
I did not move or delete any of my files so I do not understand why Audacity couldn't find the project data folder. By the way, after I click on "ok" for error message saying it couldn't find data folder, a second error message opens up: "could not load file Final Mix.aup". I don't know if this indicates a different problem from the first error message.
Audacity cannot find project data folder
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Re: Audacity cannot find project data folder
The AUP file is the project manager. It's a text file that tells Audacity what to do with all the stuff inside the _DATA folder.
So they're different.
The AUP file and the_DATA folder must be in the same location or folder for a show to open.
Koz
So they're different.
The AUP file and the_DATA folder must be in the same location or folder for a show to open.
How did you open the show to begin with? Dragging? Double click the AUP file? Open Audacity first?could not load file Final Mix.aup
Koz
Re: Audacity cannot find project data folder
I double-clicked on the .aup file
Re: Audacity cannot find project data folder
Is the data folder there?jonnyD wrote:I did not move or delete any of my files so I do not understand why Audacity couldn't find the project data folder
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Re: Audacity cannot find project data folder
Go back to where the aup file was and look around. Do you see the similarly named _data folder? If you can't find it, Audacity will never be able to find it.
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Re: Audacity cannot find project data folder
I'm having the same problem. The .aup file and the folder are together. Is there a way I can show audacity where the folder is? So frustrating.
Re: Audacity cannot find project data folder
What is the name of the .AUP file?halitnkr wrote:I'm having the same problem. The .aup file and the folder are together. Is there a way I can show audacity where the folder is? So frustrating.
What is the name of the _data folder?
Open the .AUP file in NotePad and copy the first 5 lines and paste them into your reply. (Do not edit the file in any way - do not save the file while open in Notepad, just copy the first few lines and paste into tour reply).
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