Musescore 4.3.2 Fails to Open in Windows 11
I'm adding my voice for yet another Musescore doesn't open issue.
I've been through the forums and seen numerous posts about this problem, going back for over a year.
I'm running Windows 11 on an i9 with 128G RAM. I updated some drivers via the Lenovo Vantage app last night, and Musescore hasn't worked since. I've uninstalled and reinstalled Musescore 4 and Musehub. I've deleted every reference to Musescore in my registry and reinstalled it. I've changed sound devices and even tried older versions of Musescore 4.
The only thing I've not tried is the nightly build. This is for 2 reasons. 1, It's not clear to me which file I should be installing - the nightly build seems to have a different name than the production build. And 2, the warnings about the nightly build perhaps not being compatible with past and future production releases make it seem a bit pointless.
Is there anything else I can do?
Thanks,
Justin Fisher.
Comments
Your search probably also showed that reinstall almost never works. There are MuseScore folders that are hidden. Run a search for MuseScore of your entire drive including hidden folders. Delete anything you find. Move your Scores folder, of course. Normally when problems come up, running a MuseScore factory reset helps. It can be done from CMD if the program won't open.
Odd that updating drivers did this.
In reply to You search probably also… by bobjp
Ah - ok, I'd missed one errant hidden folder.
These bugs do seem like they should be fixed in software though. This is a rather convoluted process just to continue working.
In reply to Ah - ok, I'd missed one… by justin0419
I answered too soon! So, after resetting Musescore, it opened on my main (built-in) monitor and worked just fine. If I move it to one of my other monitors, it goes blank and stays that way until I kill it with the task manager. If I reopen it, it tries to open on the monitor I moved it to (which is where it crashed) and just shows me a blank screen. I have to reset the whole thing again, including the rather pointless exercise of reloading all the VST's
In reply to I answered too soon! So,… by justin0419
How are you "moving it to one of your other monitors"?
On W10, I opened MU4 on my main monitor. Then I went to display settings and changed to a different monitor. Worked fine.
I haven't tried W11, but I can't imagine it will be any different.
In reply to That's a problem. I'll try… by bobjp
I just drag the GUI to a different monitor. I'm using the Intel ARC Graphics Driver 31.0.101.5525
In reply to I just drag the GUI to a… by justin0419
Try the above method.
In reply to Try the above method. by bobjp
I don't know what you mean by that. There is no method to move an app to a different screen in Display settings. The method is to simply drag the app to the other monitor.
In reply to I don't know what you mean… by justin0419
Start>Settings>System>Display>Multiple Displays>Detect other display>Choose the display you want to use.
Drag is not so simple if it crashes MU4.
In reply to Start>Settings>System… by bobjp
The point is that dragging is the normal method and should absolutely NOT crash Musecore.
I use all my displays. That's what they're for.
In reply to The point is that dragging… by justin0419
I don't know if dragging MU4 should or shouldn't crash. I've never changed screens that way. I seldom drag anything. Too imprecise. But you can certainly post on Github. https://musescore.org/en/node/309537
In reply to I don't know if dragging MU4… by bobjp
Bob, dragging a window from one monitor to another and using the Move command in the system menu are the only ways to change where a window displays in Windows. The sequence you described is to add a monitor, not to move applications between them.
In reply to Bob, dragging a window from… by TheHutch
Sorry, but I have changed MU4 back and forth between monitors using the method I described. Did you try it?