project Best Way To Delete A Project

[Ken Newton]

Hi, what is the best way to delete a Cakewalk project?  I've seen it suggested to simply remove the files and folders affiliated with the name of the project.  This doesn't seem quite right to me.  Seems like it might screw with the (Windows) registry, and that it might leave remnants to possibly foul things up.  Any suggestions, any thoughts?  Thank you.

[Lord Tim]

If you've used per-project audio (which is the default) then it is indeed just that simple.

In fact, anything you do to projects will have no effect whatsoever on the Cakewalk application or Windows itself - it's simply a document that has all of your edits and data in there that references a bunch of audio files that are usually contained in the same folder.

So, for example, you have a project called MyProject, which will likely be saved somewhere like C:\Cakewalk Projects\

Inside that MyProject folder, you'll likely find your actual project file: MyProject.cwp  and some subfolders, one likely being one called Audio, which contains all of the related recordings and imported WAV files.

This is all its own thing. If you delete the MyProject folder and everything in it, the project is gone. You might still see a reference to it in Cakewalk's recent documents when you click the File menu, but the actual project and associated files are definitely gone.

[bitflipper]

The only issue you'll run into is that the deleted project will still be listed in the Recent File list in the registry. At least, until it eventually moves down and off the list as new projects are added.

If that bothers you, you can edit the registry. The list is under HKCU\SOFTWARE\Cakewalk Music Software\Cakewalk\Core\Recent File List.