Need to open 3.5 but opens 3.6
Hi. I downloaded 3.6 to have a look but I need to work on 3.5. The problem is that now if I click on a score it starts 3.6 and I can't open 3.5 by itself because of this bug that makes it crash unless you open it from a score.
Any workaround possible to solve this (other than uninstall 3.6)?
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Are you on windows?
If so right click on a score in Windows Explorer, select "open with" and search for MuseScore 3.5
In reply to Are you on windows? If so… by frfancha
Yes, that worked. Thank you!
In reply to Yes, that worked. Thank you! by Miguel Vicente…
Once you have opened MuseScore, change your MuseScore preferences to start "empty" (i.e. without start center).
That should allow you to start MuseScore without the "start from score" trick.
Reg. the crash see https://musescore.org/en/faq#faq-312352
3.6 (Beta!) should not register itself for mscz files when you install it, if it is now, it must have been something you did, I guess?
So yes, uninstall 3.6 Beta, repair the 3.5 installation and installing 3.6 Beta again should fix this.
Actually just repair the 3.5 installation should do.
In reply to Reg. the crash see https:/… by Jojo-Schmitz
i have the same problem
it is not possible to set open with to musescore 3.5 because teh exe is the same: musescore3.exe so i renamed the exe from musescore 3.6
In reply to i have the same problem it… by wolfgan
MuseScore3.exe indeed is the name for all MuseScore 3.x versions, but the Beta doesn't register itself for mscz files, so by default on double-clicking an mscz file the released version (here 3.5.2) should start.
Unless you told Windows to always use the 3.6 exe for this.
In reply to MiseScore3.exe indeed is the… by Jojo-Schmitz
what you describe is the normal way beta-vesions of musescore act.
But this time (and it seems not only for me) this is not like this.
after installing the beta the first time i wanted to open a musicxml-file + a midi file they opened automaticly with the beta.version (the musescore-files opened correctly)
In reply to what you describe is the… by wolfgan
All I did was install the 3.6 beta in the default location and double clicking a score still opens 3.5.2 so there is something different happening on your computer.
In reply to All I did was install the 3… by mike320
@mike Wolfgan doesn't say anything else: "MuseScore files open normally" and he specifies he has the issue with musicxml and midi files only.
In reply to @mike Wolfgan doesn't say… by frfancha
I tested this on a midi and musicxml file and my default programs still open when I double click them. I don't have musescore as the default for either of them. This tells me that MuseScore 3.6 beta did not change the default score to open the files with.
In reply to I tested this on a midi and… by mike320
i have musescore as default for both of them
In reply to i have musescore as default… by wolfgan
Then reinstall 3.5.2
But I'm not sure whether MuseScore really does register itself for musicxml?
It certainly does not for midi.
Not as the default application for sure, at best as one being capable of opening these file types
In reply to Then reinstall 3.5.2 by Jojo-Schmitz
I always had the :open always menu for xml+ midi set to musescore and didnt change it before installing ms3.6
as said above I saved the problem with changing the name of the exe from ms 3.6
I only wanted to inform about an issue close related to the first one above