i run audacity on my 10 year old dell inspiron running xp with no problem. did you try to open audacity from program files? is their a link in your start menu too? my audacity version is 2.0xxx don;t know the full version since i am on a tablet now ... william On 3/20/15, David Engebretson Jr. <d.engebretson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been trying to install Audacity on an XP machine with a wee bit of > trouble. audacity appears to install, but when I try to open it from the > desktop icon it says that the program cannot open and a reinstallation might > help. So, I've tried to reinstall with the same results. > > On the machine in question I have the Delta 1010 PCI card install but the > 1010 is not yet connected to the soundcard. I'm curious if this could be > the issue, and especially curious if others have run into similar situations > and solutions for curing the problem. > > I'd like to use the on board sound card as an input device and leave the > Delta 1010 be until I can determine that Audacity is working. I don't want > to remove the card from the machine... all help appreciated! > > Peace, > David -- www.williambrandes.com (William BrandesConsulting) The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe