Cannot move audio track

i imported a video (WMV) in Premiere Pro CS4 and first thing: it placed the audio track on track 5... i cannot move it to 1 as i woild have expected it to go from start...
as i import images only for video layers, there is no issue.
But now i need to place additional audio (only) tracks and they cannot be placed on other tracks: instead it goes on track 5 and just replace that section!
what have i done (forgot, involuntarily set, or else? )
This is the first project since i had to reinstall the entire CS4 PROD PREMIUM suite after a clean install of Windows. I don't think i ever had this issue before...
Thanks for your help,
Rob

Yes, one limitation of PrPro's Track setup is that one cannot just click+drag on a Track, to move it up/down, like most DAW programs allow. Instead, we do a little "dance," as you did - Remove Unused Tracks, then create New Tracks, where, and as is required.
One can set up a default Track structure, that will create what you want, when starting a New Project. My customized default is 3 Video Tracks, 2 Mono Tracks, 4 Stereo Tracks, and the Master is usually 5.1. As I seldom need a 5.1 Track (other than the Master), I do not include any, but can add them, if needed.
One neat feature of PrPro, as it does need channel-counts to match, to be used, is that if one had, say 2 mono tracks only, and then had a stereo Clip, if that is dragged to the Master (it will not go onto the Master), PrPro will then create a new 2-channel stereo Track for that Clip.
Good luck, and glad that things are working for you. You might want to give some thought to that initial Track setup, and make any changes, based on the majority of your Projects.
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