Custom location for Musescore temporary/backup files
Could you please add an option to store temporary/backup files in a custom location, rather than next to the file I'm editing?
I'm storing all my sheet music in OneDrive and I find it rather annoying that these backup files are put there because they are then synced as well. In my case it's also extra frustrating because I'm sharing that folder with others. They do not know Musescore or "computer stuff" well and these backup files tend to mess things up for them.
The temporary/backup files are a good thing I suppose (although haven't had use of them myself yet...), but would be very helpful if I could decide where they went.
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Can't you teach OneDrive not to sync files match a certain pattern? like starting with a dot, being hidden, ending with a comma? And/or tech OneDrive not to show hidden files (like the default for Windows?
In box.com they don't sync, and without any tweaks in the configuration.
The temporary files are in a different place anyway, so shouldn't be a problem at all.
In reply to Can't you teach OneDrive not by Jojo-Schmitz
Not that I'm aware. Not showing hidden files is also not an option, since, first of all, the backup files aren't hidden files, and secondly, I need hidden files shown/synced.
A good (better?) alternative for me could be an option to disable the backup file creation thing all together, as I really don't need it. If a file was to end up corrupt for some reason I can already restore them via my backup software. I'd actually prefer this to be the case, that I was able to disable this feature.
In reply to Not that I'm aware. Not by Svish
I agree with Svish about to add an option to disable those temporary files, but AFTER we finish and close the whole piece.
In other words, I'm talking about to eliminate all those temporary files when we close MuseScore, automatically.
Of course, it should be an independent process. I mean, in a case of power cut, to avoid to lose all the last editions, MuseScore has to preserve the last temporary changes into a temporary file. But not one independent temporary file for all the pieces we have into the PC!!! Just one temp file for each piece we are working on. When the whole piece(s) are saved and we close MuseScore, then all the temporary file(s) should be erased.
That's all, folks!!!
I too would like to be able to put all backup files in their own subfolder so I don't have to deal with looking at them when I'm browsing for files.
In reply to I too would like to be able by darkstream
They should be marked hidden already as far as I know. I guess maybe you have hidden files set to display in your OS, but you could turn that option back off.
In reply to They should be marked hidden by Marc Sabatella
Thanks for the tip, Marc!
In reply to They should be marked hidden by Marc Sabatella
With this song titled Chinese, the dotted backup file hidden is not working.
Is there a way to disable the generation of these dotted files? all my musescore files are backed up on local network and clouds, there is no need to back up locally, as my surface pro 4 blue screens often.
In reply to With this song titled… by Xianyue賢越
The dotted backup file is working for me (i.e. it does get created when I save that score again)
There is no way to disable the generation of these
In reply to The dotted backup file is… by Jojo-Schmitz
i deleted it a few times, and then after regeneration, it is showing again always, regardless system setting to hide it or not, while other dotted backup files are hidden well.
In reply to i deleted it a few times,… by Xianyue賢越
In Windows, click on menu item: View, then select the file and click 'Hide selected items'.
Also, 'Hidden items' should be unchecked.
Also see image:
![View_menu.JPG]( "View_menu.JPG")
Regards.
In reply to In Windows, ciick on menu… by Jm6stringer
Manually checking this dotted file “hidden” attri of property DOSE make it hidden, your way works.
By default all other dotted files are all generated with this “hidden” ticks and they are hiding well with file name started with a “.”.
In reply to i deleted it a few times,… by Xianyue賢越
The backup file wile show up again as soon as you save the score again in a new session.
Whether you actually see it depends in a Windows Explorer setting, whether that is setup to show hidden files
In reply to AMD what is that screenshot… by Jojo-Schmitz
Now the above “hidden” manually checked dotted file is deleted.
The testing result is: It is showing up again as soon as I save the score again in a new session, this newer dotted file’s “hidden” is like before generated as unchecked.
In reply to i deleted it a few times,… by Xianyue賢越
The settings to display hidden files are per-folder, so it's possible you have this option enabled for some folders but not others.
In reply to The settings to display… by Marc Sabatella
It looks there is some mechanism there to prevent the auto checking of the “hidden” attri of the file. Maybe it’s easier just giving user an option to disable dotted file generation?
In reply to The settings to display… by Marc Sabatella
You gave a good clue, I renamed the folder and file name to English, Solved.
If there is non eng chars in the saving path and/or file name, the dotted file is not going to be auto checked as “hidden”. On windows 10 at least.
In reply to You gave a good clue, I… by Xianyue賢越
To be clear...
Does that mean the other files in your iPlayPiano, iPlayViolin, iPlayVocal fiolders have English names/characters (and so remain hidden)?
Regards
See #125656: Put the backup file in a separate folder