Recently used files don't update
Although not a capital problem, I would appreciate the list of recently opened files to update again. I'm on Ubuntu 16.4 LTS.
I assume a permission problem, because it works as expected when starting musescore as superuser. I don't get a specific error or warning from the command line.
What I tried so far:
- starting as superuser by sudo (-> lsit entry is generated and shows up when not starting as superuser, but no new list entries added for non-sudo start)
- looking for files that might be a list of recently opened files by locate mscore or musescore
- recursively gave read and write permission to files located in /usr/share/mscore
- reinstalled musescore from apt-get
Can anyone give me a hint, where the list of recently used files shoult be located? It's not a major problem, but as my arrangement folder got quite large, it would be pretty comfy though.
Cheers,
Matthias
Comments
Can you explain more what you mean? There is already an option to clear the list, right at the bottom of the menu. Files are added to the list when a file is opened, not when saved, so new scores don't show up until you save and reopen. Maybe that's what you mean?
In reply to Can you explain more what… by Marc Sabatella
clearing the list also does not work when I'm not root.
Example with cleared list.
- I open song -> no new entry in recently opened (fine so far)
- close the tab of the song -> filename appears in recently opened (even if song was not changed or saved)
- restart musescore -> list of recently opened files is empty again
when working as root, everything works as expected
In reply to clearing the list also does… by Matze Kost
The I agree, it sounds like a permission problem, like you don't have write permission in your own home folder? Unfortunately I don't know the details of where things are stored for your particular OS, but I'd expect things like recent files and other preferences to be stored within a hidden folder, probably starting with a period and probably having "MuseScore" in the name, right under your home folder.