mention possible need of a factory reset on the nightly builds' download pages

• May 17, 2014 - 08:43
Type
musescore.org
Severity
S4 - Minor
Status
closed
Project
MuseScore

The hint at the bottom of http://prereleases.musescore.org/windows/nightly/ (the same might be true for Mac and Linux) needs updating, a simple reset to factory now does the trick (since 6b04f488) and another recent change, from some time last week (2f5b22ab), makes it necessary once again.
The nightlies come with a batch file for this resets...

Comments

• May 17, 2014 - 10:01

I wouldn't mention a specific date (esp. none from2 years back ;-) ), just "if you experience a crash on startup, revert to factory settings by starting MuseScore via the batch file (filename)"

Reply

• May 18, 2014 - 08:42

It is only in the nightly build, not in any home build. And I guess this who manage to build themselves know how to do a factory reset :-)
It is just using the -F option.

Reply

• May 18, 2014 - 13:24

Is this BAT part of the standard distribution as well? If so, it should be part of the GIT codebase. It simplifies the reset process for users.

Reply

• May 18, 2014 - 14:05

No it isn't (yet?) part of the code base, but part ot the modifications that are done only for nightly builds (another is to replace the splash screen)

Reply

• May 18, 2014 - 17:03

It should be. Twould save some people much hassle in doing a reset, and now that -F functions properly again, I would certainly use it.

Reply

• Jul 18, 2014 - 08:14

Proposed message:
if you experience a crash on startup, revert to factory settings by starting MuseScore using the -F option.

For Windows append:
or via the batch file (special\revertToFactorySettings.bat)

Not sure whether something similar exists for Mac, I'm pretty sure it does not for Linux.

Reply

• Jul 18, 2014 - 10:39
Title mention factory reset on nightly builds download page ⇒ mention possible need of a factory reset on the nightly builds' download pages

Reply