Will new programs work better if I upgrade to higher windows?

[Debby]

Hi! Will new programs work better if I upgrade to higher windows? I presently use Windows 7 on both of my computers. That works fine for my HP computer. But lately, it is not working fine for my Lenovo Thinkpad laptop (both of my computers are laptops). The problem I'm having with the Thinkpad one, is that it is no longer able to successfully download a program I use a lot - Audacity. When I tried to download Audacity the other day, I got the error message saying I am missing a necessary dll needed for completing the installation. I guess Audacity may have made some new changes that make it so their program no longer works on my Thinkpad computer. And when I looked to see how to fix that dll problem, the process looked very complex and I didn't feel like going through it. What is the easiest way that I can upgrade my computer, by myself? Thanks!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Debby,

Will new programs work better if I upgrade to higher windows? I presently use Windows 7 on both of my computers. That works fine for my HP computer. But lately, it is not working fine for my Lenovo Thinkpad laptop (both of my computers are laptops). The problem I'm having with the Thinkpad one, is that it is no longer able to successfully download a program I use a lot - Audacity. When I tried to download Audacity the other day, I got the error message saying I am missing a necessary dll needed for completing the installation. I guess Audacity may have made some new changes that make it so their program no longer works on my Thinkpad computer. And when I looked to see how to fix that dll problem, the process looked very complex and I didn't feel like going through it. What is the easiest way that I can upgrade my computer, by myself?

Have you tried to install a previous [earlier] version to see if that works?

 

[samuria]

Does it use .net it's possible it needs a new version of .net

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Debby,

Does it use .NET, it's possible it needs a new version of it.

As samuria has pointed out, if Audacity needs .NET Framework to run, it might be that you don't have that particular version of NET Framework installed.

[1] Check which version of .NET Framework is needed in order to be able to run Audacity.

[2] To find out what versions of .NET Framework you already have installed please run NET_Framework_Versions_Installed.bat from here => BATCH PROGRAMS [Standalone] and check it against [1].

There is further information in Post #1.

I hope this helps!

 

[Debby]

Hi! Yes I tried checking for best compatibility settings for the Avast program, but it didn't help. I now tried to to do what you said to do in 2. But when I right clicked to say to do it as adminstrator, I saw no options that looked correct to choose, that I knew of. Ok now I'll send you a picture of what I see in Audacity program under files.

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Debby,

Hi! Yes I tried checking for best compatibility settings for the Avast program, but it didn't help. I now tried to to do what you said to do in 2. But when I right clicked to say to do it as adminstrator, I saw no options that looked correct to choose, that I knew of. OK now I'll send you a picture of what I see in Audacity program under files.

[1] I am confused. Why are you talking about Avast, I thought you were trying to resolve the problem regarding Audacity?

[2] You just needed to download my batch script and select Option 2 to run it. Then compare it to what version of .NET Framework is needed to run Audacity!

 

[RolandJS]

Avast might be getting in the way -- long ago, kept getting a missing dll, fired Avast finally, no more missing dll file. Now, audacity, we await OP's return of the results of Paul's batchfile that sniffs which NET frameworks are installed.Not at home, so cannot check my audacity for NET requirements.

 

[Debby]

Hi! Sorry - I was so busy,I got a bit mixed up. I shouldn't have mentioned Avast - as it wasn't the program I was having trouble with. The program I've had trouble downloading - as I said - was Audacity. To let you know what I see listed in the Audacity program, I've taken a printscreen picture of it to show you, which I'll attach to this message. And by the way, I uninstalled the Avast program, as I was considering downloading the Windows 10 system, to see if that might help Audacity to be able to work better. But if it can be made to work with the Windows 7 system it already has - I may just keep it for a while. You tell me what you think. Thanks!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi Debby,

. . . we await OP's return of the results of Paul's batchfile that sniffs which NET frameworks are installed. Not at home, so cannot check my audacity for NET requirements.

As you have not checked [Googled it!] to see what version of .NET Framework is needed to be able to run Audacity, RolandJS is going to check his when he gets home for you!

It might be worth you running my batch script [below] to find out what versions of .NET Framework you already have installed, as per my post #4 above.

To find out what versions of .NET Framework you already have installed please run NET_Framework_Versions_Installed.bat from here => BATCH PROGRAMS [Standalone].

I hope this helps!

 

[RolandJS]

I saw NET framework 3.5 awhile back working with audacity; now I am up to Nf4.8?

 

[Paul Black]

Hi RolandJS,

I saw NET framework 3.5 awhile back working with audacity; now I am up to Nf4.8?

[1] Thanks for checking that out, I hope the OP appreciates it.
[2] So are we saying that Audacity should work on all versions of .NET Framework?
[3] I don't know why Debby didn't run the batch script like I asked her to!
[4] I have also asked her several times to correctly update her system specifications!

 

[Barman58]

Audacity is available for download in more than one location, some are more reliable than others

the official downloaders are available at Download | Audacity (R) and these installers should download or prompt/Inform/download any missing DLL files

I always advise strongly that the original developers site is always used in preference to the many "Download" sites, which can often add unwanted extras and are also often confusing and can easily lead to the less experienced user downloading the wrong items

I would suggest that the OP tries the link I have provided and if there is still the issue to follow Paul Black 's instructions to find out what is missing on the system

Note, The audacity site does include some click buttons to donate to help the further development, this is totally optional and you should never need to Buy the software

 

[Debby]

Hi! That's very good advice - I can tell - to say to only download from the creator of a program if possible! Thanks for reminding me! I am now downloading Windows updates, before it can be safe to download Audacity. That made sense for a couple other programs I downloaded, like Malawarebytes and Ccleaner, today - on that computer. And CCleaner wasn't able to download correctly until I had downloaded Malawarebytes and run a scan with it.

 

[Debby]

Hi! Good news! I finally figured out how to get the problem fixed! I have a tired brain. But here's what I finally did that make it install correctly: I put the computer in safe mode, after having downloaded Audacity. Then clicked on it to install it while in safe mode - and a miracle happened - it is now correctly installed on my computer! Thanks for all of your efforts to be of help to me in this!

 

[Paul Black]

Hi! Good news! I finally figured out how to get the problem fixed! I have a tired brain. But here's what I finally did that make it install correctly: I put the computer in safe mode, after having downloaded Audacity. Then clicked on it to install it while in safe mode - and a miracle happened - it is now correctly installed on my computer! Thanks for all of your efforts to be of help to me in this!

I am glad you got it fixed!