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Thank You Mark. Very quick debug.

msmcleod, Yes! Figured this out today as well. I had some projects that added underscores and some that did not. Comparing the export dialogs showed the additional "None" as a second source for projects that did the underscore. I couldn't uncheck it, but a search through all the tracks found one with None for output. Once I assigned the track to an actual destination all worked correctly at export. I had the track set to None as a way to silence the track but still use the sends. Works in Cakewalk by Bandlab.

When I export a wav file an underscore is being added. test.wav becomes test_.wav This thread provides details and a video. . .

No hidden files. No Matter what file name I specify, an underscore is added. test_.wav becomes test__.wav test becomes test_.wav I tried as Admin and still get underscored. All tests work with no underscore in Cakewalk by Bandlab.

Yes, I'll submit it.

20250718_000951.mp4 Attached vid shows me exporting to the file test.wav but it ends up as test_.wav

Yes, I ran as administrator, still had the underscore. I have a video, and I will post it once I get it to a size acceptable for upload.

Yes, spaces.

My typical names are like: 02 - Loon - The Loons Live - The Loons.wav Is getting changed to: 02 - Loon - The Loons Live - The Loons_.wav

Thanks Colin for your thoughts. I tried the scenario you described and many others, but still there is that pesky underscore. I feel like I have seen this once before but can't recall the details. I wonder if there is a setting in Cakewalk Sonar, or maybe even in windows 11 related to this. But the fact that export works perfectly in Cakewalk by Bandlab makes this all confusing.

I select Export, and then Advanced. That brings up the Export Audio dialog. Under FILENAME I select the 3 dots (Choose Export Filename). Then I select the wav file on my drive (a previously saved file). The filename has no underscore. And the filename now showing on the dialog has no underscore. I select Export and say OK to overwrite the existing file. And it starts mixing down audio. Once completed, the file on my drive has an underscore just before the .wav and the original correctly named file is gone. I rename the file by removing the underscore and continue onward. This doesn't happen using the Cakewalk by Bandlab daw.

Yeah, I have fully shut down cakewalk sonar free, and even restarted my laptop. But export still results in my specified file having an underscore added. And if I then load the same project into Cakewalk by Bandlab, the exported file name is correct, with no underscore. Anyone know why the new cakewalk sonar could be adding an underscore (apparently just for me)? Or could it be OS related? I am using windows 11 home edition. Searches for "underscore" turned up only one reference, it is on this forum. But there is no solution.

For some reason something is adding an underscore to the end of the exported file name. So I have mp3tag looking for the file name without the underscore, and of course it fails. I will experiment to see where the underscore is coming from.

I'm trying out the new cakewalk sonar free tier. When I export to a wav file, and then attempt to run mp3tag against that wav file, mp3tag says it can't access the file. The wav file plays with no problems. And so I switched back to the final version of cakewalk by bandlab, loaded the same project, and exported using the same settings. Then mp3tag works against the wav file. Switching back to cakewalk sonar free, export the wav again and mp3tag fails again. Anyone else have this issue?