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That's it! You now have Audacity up and running and can begin making and editing recordings. The Audacity interface should look like this: Once you have chosen the language you want, click on 'OK' to finish launching Audacity. The first time you launch Audacity you will be prompted to select which language you want it to use.Ĭlick on the dropdown menu to select the language you want. If you didn't choose 'Launch Audacity' in the options above then you can launch Audacity by double clicking the following icon in the Audacity folder: If the check box labelled 'Launch Audacity' is ticked Audacity will open straight away. Click 'Back' if you wish to change any of the installation settings.Ĭlick 'Finish' to complete the installation. You will now see a window displaying the destination location and additional tasks.Ĭheck that this information all correct and if it is click 'Install' to continue. You will now be asked to select which additional tasks you would like Setup to perform during the installation.Ĭlick the check boxes to select or deselect the additional tasks then click 'Next' to continue. If you wish to install Audacity somewhere else click 'Browse'. The Setup Wizard will automatically create a folder called 'Audacity' in your 'Program Files' folder so unless you want to install it somewhere else you can simply click 'Next' to continue. You will now be prompted to select the folder Audacity will be installed into. This window contains information such as credits and a changelog that you may find useful to read. You should now see an Information window like this: You cannot continue with the installation until you have accepted the agreement, so click on the radio button labelled 'I accept the agreement' and then click 'Next' to continue. The next step asks you to read and accept the License Agreement. You should now see a Setup Wizard like this: Open this file to begin installing Audacity by double clicking on the icon or clicking on 'Open' on the downloads window. Once the download is complete you should see a downloads window like this: To begin downloading, click on the download link of the location nearest you. The idea is that downloads can be faster if they come from a place near you. This page lists locations around the world where the software can be downloaded. The latest stable version at the time of writing this document is Audacity 1.2.6.Ĭlick on the 'Audacity 1.2.6 installer' link.

The latest stable version of Audacity for Microsoft Windows can be downloaded from. Operating System use for this installation : Microsoft Windows XP Software version used for this installation : 1.2.6

Audacity download will not open windows xp