Copying Audacity from old computer to new.

Factual Questions
1

I want to copy my old version of Audacity from one computer to my new one. The new version of Audacity doesn’t hack it for me on my vista, so I want to just copy the old one. I can’t tell which one that I have on the old computer.
It is freeware, so I don’t see any problem with the move.
Can anybody tell me how to copy and transfer it? Step by step, since I’m fairly incompetent.

Thanks,
greatshakes

2

I’m not sure if the app resides entirely in its own folder, or if installing it puts dll files in other locations, or writes registry keys, etc.

Just download the one you want from here:
http://www.oldapps.com/Audacity.php

3

This might be the best way to accomplish what you want:

http://www.oldapps.com/Audacity.php

It is very difficult to move an application from one computer to another. Even if you manage to get all of the files (and they may be spread across many directories if an app is poorly coded), there are still registry settings and entries that would have to be recreated on the new machine. And unless you kept a log of what was changed in the registry when you installed, it will be impossible to find them all.

Some applications are built to run from a single directory (like portable apps that can install to a thumb drive and be used anywhere), so you may get lucky, but I wouldn’t count on it.

4

I was going to recommend this, but I see I’ve already been beaten to it…

5

I’m at work, so I can’t check, but doesn’t Help -> About tell you the version?

6

I’ve got Audacity on this work computer, and yes, Help -> About does list the version number.

7

Since people have already showed you how to download the old version, may I ask what’s wrong with the program’s current version?

8

If you’re not in a position to be able to actually run the old version on the old computer (for example, if that computer now only exists as a bare hard drive or backup archive), you’ll find a readme file in the audacity folder (c:\program files\audacity, unless you explicitly chose a different location when you installed it) - that file contains (amongst other things) the version number of the installed program.

9

The problem with the current version is that it’s the current version!

I can’t seem to get the Input Field to take Mic Input. I have Vista, and, apparently, some people cannot use Vista with the latest version, and the Mic Input just doesn’t show. IIRC, I even had a thread in re: that issue. All of the patches never worked, and none of the googled help worked.
Hey, thanks everybody for the help!

greatshakes

10

That may be a problem (or configuration issue) with your soundcard drivers - just mentioning that in case installing the earlier version does not solve your problem…

11

Hmmmm…installing the old version doesn’t solve the problem!

So, what’s my next step?
Thanks,
greatshakes

12

I don’t know Vista at all, but in Windows XP, it was a case of rummaging around in the settings of the Sounds And Audio Devices control panel applet

13

I had a recent upgrade opportunity which required me, essentially, to rebuild a computer around my sound card. I discovered only too late that my sound card needed me to install the drivers first, then the card.

Voodoo sh!t like that will make you nuts.