I can't open a .mscz file
Today, when I was trying to show a friend a score I had written, I found that it had been corrupted by an automatic reboot that my computer did. I have tried to recover it from older files, but every single backup I can find is corrupted too. I've checked in AppData and in hidden files, and no other previous versions exist. Is it still possible to fix the file, or is it lost forever? (I'm running Windows 10)
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| 16-10.mscz | 103.9 KB |
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Unfortunately, I'm not even able to open the .mscz in an unzip program, so it seems the zip file itself is corrupted. (FYI, the .mscz format is a ZIP-compressed version of the .mscx file.) So that tells me you have pretty severe file corruption. Out of curiosity, did your file get saved at around the same moment that windows shut down?
In reply to Unfortunately, I'm not even by ericfontainejazz
I'm not sure. I closed my laptop to put it to sleep, and something must've fatally crashed, so that might have been when that happened. It's just weird that it's never happened before. And the funny thing is, I thought to myself about three saves earlier to make a back-up. But I didn't make one. I should've listened to my intuition. Fortunately, I still have the music in my head, so I can still patch up what I remember.
In reply to I'm not sure. I closed my by Ethan C. Neal
you said, "every single backup I can find is corrupted too"
Could you please upload those backup files here. I have trouble imaging that both the previously-saved backups AND your latest regular save would be corrupted...unless there is something broken with your disk or computer (and that might explain why your computer fatally crashed when sleeping).
In reply to you said, "every single by ericfontainejazz
It wouldn't let me upload the .mscz, backup, but here's the other one.
In reply to It wouldn't let me upload the by Ethan C. Neal
Unfortunately when I open 16-10.mscz in hexeditor, it see the file is completely filled with 0's (that would be 106,391 zeros). And when I open scxP8644.mscz, I see a brief header, but then the rest of file is filled with 0's.
So, this leads me to think there was some disk error...
Out of curiosity, are you able to save new files to disk and open them again (make sure they actually are saved to disk because files still might persist in ram...you might have to save, reboot machine, then open to make sure that files are actually saved to disk). If you have a disk problem, and if your windows 10 machine shutdown while sleeping, then my recommendation would be to not do important work that needs to be saved before your reinstall a new disk into your machine. Do you know how old your disk is? Maybe could you try saving to external disk or to musescore.com????
In reply to Unfortunately when I open by ericfontainejazz
I can still save files just fine, and the disk is no older than a couple of years. I got my laptop new. I'll save a new version of it as a private score on Musescore and reboot.
In reply to I can still save files just by Ethan C. Neal
ok. To be clear, I'm not sure was disk error...that is just a hypothesis. Maybe a core dev could suggests a reason why the file would be completely filled with 0.
In reply to ok. To be clear, I'm not by ericfontainejazz
I don't know. And after rebooting, it appears the files are saving just fine. I'm just going to assume it was just random bad luck that this happened. I'm still pretty bummed though.
In reply to I don't know. And after by Ethan C. Neal
Sorry to hear about that. I personally always save important files in multiple physical locations, for example I save scores to musescore.com and on local owncloud folder on my disk (which itself is synced to another computer in my house).
In reply to Unfortunately, I'm not even by ericfontainejazz
Hello!
I having similar problems with my mscz file, but Musescore is saying it is not a vaild .mscz. Even in here I tried uploading it, to see if someone from the forum can download the file and check if their Musescore can open the file and then make me a PDF. But even in the "Upload" section, I get a message saying it is not a valid .mscz file. I am very new to Musescore, I did not know anything about Backup files. I only would press the Save button as I move along in composing.
Can someone please help me! If I can just get it to open, that would be great!
Thank you!!!
In reply to Hello! I having similar by Guerrero Ortiz
I'd bet it isn't really a '.mscz' file but a '.mscz,' file, i.e. a backup file, see https://musescore.org/en/handbook/file-formats-0#msczcomma
The forum gives a hoot on the content of an attachment, it just looks at the extension.
Windows does by Default hide know extensions, so you may not see the .mscz files' extension.
If everything breaks, you can zip the file and attach the zip archive
In reply to I'd bet it isn't really a by Jojo-Schmitz
thank you for the quick reply. I yesterday uninstalled my Musescore program and delete manually all files with Musescore from my registry. Then I newly installed the program. But before deleting everything and reinstalling. Saved a copy of the file, from "Scores" folder to a USB. I still have that file, that is the file Musescore is saying that the extension is not vaild. I have already selected the options to show Hidden folders and files. I did this after the crash and the musescore program began saying it can not read the file.
Is it possible I can email you the file and see if you can open it on your end? Also, I did not understand about the "If everything breaks, you can zip the file and attach the zip archive", can you explain that a bit more. I apologize, I am not very computer knowledgeable, but I do understand most.
Thank you!
In reply to thank you for the quick by Guerrero Ortiz
@Guerrero Ortiz, attach the score that shows the problem__—use the "File attachments" option at the bottom of the page, just above the Save and Preview buttons when you're typing your post.
see: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/how-ask-support-or-file-bug-reports
In reply to thank you for the quick by Guerrero Ortiz
Here is the file that I am trying to open with Musescore.
In reply to Here is the file that I am by Guerrero Ortiz
509 bytes: I fear it is a useless files :(
In reply to 509 bytes: I fear it is a by Shoichi
Why is that?
I do have an audio that I saved with Musescore that is an mp3. Also, the score does not have a lot of notes imputed. So the file would not be that large.
In reply to Why is that? I do have an by Guerrero Ortiz
Right click on your file and select 'Open with Notepad'. As you can see contains very little information.
Create a new file (few measures, save it) and repeat (right-click) to compare the contents.
If you have not already done so, see: https://musescore.org/en/node/52116
In reply to Right click on your file and by Shoichi
I will try now, I have not done this at all as you instructed.
In reply to Right click on your file and by Shoichi
Sorry for the many questions. But I did the first step with the Notepad. As for creating a new file with few measures and save it and then repeat. How do you mean? I just went to Musescore, started a new score, now I am going to save it, but what do I do after that?
In reply to Sorry for the many questions. by Guerrero Ortiz
On the left your file, on the right a sample file (5 measures, 6.04 KB):
Open the new file with Notepad, you can view and compare the contents of the new file and 3rdmovement (virtually empty)
In reply to On the left your file, on the by Shoichi
I think I am understand now. In other words, there are no notes in my file that I am trying to open, correct?
It has been corrupted too much?
I hope I am wrong :(
Are you saying there are *no* .mscz files in
c:\Users\\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore2\
??.
(That is called the session folder). The file names found there are computer generated, so you will not recognize the name. If there are .mscz files in that folder it is best to find the most likely fit by viewing the files saved date/time in your Windows File Explorer. I use list view to see that info.
If there are no files, you may want to ensure your autosave backup setting is turned on, which by default are done every 2 minutes. I notice that the auto save backup file is overwritten sometimes when that backup runs. And it doesn't run if MuseScore is idle. I can imagine something *could* happen to the auto backup file during a crash.
To double check the auto save setting, select Edit > Preferences, General tab, for the "Auto Save" setting. It is on the lower right part of the dialog. If it is not on, I suggest you turn it on. The default interval is a backup is made every 2 minutes.
In reply to Are you saying there are *no* by jim.weisgram
Here are some images. I think they will explain better.
In reply to Here are some images. I think by Guerrero Ortiz
I can't open this zip file. I tried with my Chromebook which handles zip files in a simplistic way, so I tried it on Linux and had no luck there either.
It uses compression method 96 which appears to be unique to Winzip.
I don't have a Windows machine so I guess Winzip is not an option for me. I'm not interested in running Winzip under Wine to emulate Windows.
In reply to I can't open this zip file. I by jim.weisgram
I tried on Windows 7, it can't uppack it either, neither Windows builtin unzip nor 7zip