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Audacity

Version tested: 3.4.2 Installer type: .exe official installer from audacityteam.org

📦 Package Managers

Manager Install Command
winget winget install Audacity.Audacity
Chocolatey choco install audacity
Scoop scoop install audacity

📁 Registry Paths

  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Audacity
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Audacity

🔑 Keys

Installation entry (HKLM\SOFTWARE\Audacity)

Key Name Type Description
InstallPath REG_SZ Root installation directory (e.g., C:\Program Files\Audacity)
Version REG_SZ Installed version string (e.g., 3.4.2)

Uninstall entry (HKLM\...\Uninstall\Audacity)

Key Name Type Description
DisplayName REG_SZ Audacity 3.4.2
DisplayVersion REG_SZ Installed version (e.g., 3.4.2)
DisplayIcon REG_SZ Path to audacity.exe
InstallLocation REG_SZ Root installation directory
Publisher REG_SZ Audacity Team
UninstallString REG_SZ Path to the uninstaller
URLInfoAbout REG_SZ https://www.audacityteam.org
NoModify REG_DWORD 1 — no modify option in ARP

📝 Notes

  • All user preferences (sample rate, recording device, effect settings) are stored in %APPDATA%\audacity\audacity.cfg, not the registry.
  • Audacity 3.x switched from the legacy audacity.cfg ini format to a SQLite-based project format (.aup3).
  • On 32-bit Windows or older 32-bit builds, the key may appear under HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Audacity.
  • Audacity does not register file associations by default; .aup3 association is optional during install.

🗑️ Cleanup

Remove-Item -Path "HKCU:\Software\Audacity"                  -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
Remove-Item -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Audacity"                  -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue