Musescore won't open
Hello, I'm new to Musescore and had downloaded the free version and was notating a piece of music so as to learn how to use Musescore. All went well ; but now Musescore will not open, If I click on the icon, I get the little running circle thing which tells me it's on its way, but then that stops and the programme is not there. If I go to my saved file (it's just in Documents, I'm not saving to the cloud or Musescore or anything) and click that, again I get the "just wait a minute" signal and then that stops and the file does not open.
I've done everything my limited knowledge suggests - uninstalled Musescore, shut down the computer, reinstalled etc. Didn't work. I found the hidden file and tried to open that, but it didn't open.
I checked taskmanager and every time I try to open Musescore, task manager adds it to the list, (so I end up with 4 or 5 entries for Musescore before I decide this is pointless and "end task"). In task manager "processes" it shows 0% CPU, but under "details" it shows Musescore as running.
I am on Windows 8.
I've got no idea what to do. I don't mind if I lose the score, since it was only a practice, but that doesn't seem to be the issue.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Try https://musescore.org/en/handbook/revert-factory-settings#2-0--2-0-2
BTW: there is not really a free version of MuseScore. Or rather the other way round: there is no un-free version. (The) MuseScore (program) is free and will stay free forever.
If MuseScore refuses to open a certain score, please share that score here, so we can see whether it is fixable
In reply to Try https://musescore.org/en… by Jojo-Schmitz
I stand corrected ! - still getting my head round the ramifications.
It's Musescore itself which seems not to want to open; and since it won't open, the file also will not open.
I'm not that bothered about the file, but would like to be ale to use Musescore.
Thanks
In reply to I stand corrected ! - still… by 23Lomond
Could have several reasons. Is there any output if you run MuseScore from command line? Maybe try to run Musescore with some of these options: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/command-line-options.
Or maybe there is a pdf printer which blocked the application (if so deactivate/remove it)?: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/known-incompatibilities