How to add "new->MuseScore" item to Windows 10 new item menu
You know how when you right-click in a folder and get the "new->" menu option to create all kinds of new files?
Why after installing MuseScore, do we not see a "MuseScore" file option in the "new->" item drop down?
It's a real hassle to create a new score, and when hitting "Save" you then have to drill down into your filesystem.
Please help. Thanks, Mark
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Not all softwares dealing with file saving have this new file option, but I'd like to see MuseScore adding one.
Copy paste from first google result:
Type regedit in the Start search box and hit Enter. Once the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following key-
Computer\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell
Right-click in the right side panel and click on New > Key.
Set the name of this newly created Key to what the entry should be labeled in the right-click context menu. As an example, I have named it FileZilla.
Select the newly created FileZilla key and now, right-click on the right side panel and click on New > Key, again.
Set the name of this newly created Key as command. Navigate inside that command key.
You will now find a new String value on the right side panel. We have to modify it.
To do this, you will need to have the full path of the program that you want to execute from the Context Menu.
Get it copied to your clipboard and paste this path in double quotes in the Value Data field and then select OK. In this case, you need to know the file path of filezilla.exe.
Reboot your computer for the changes to take effect.
Now, you will be able to access programs using the Windows 10 Desktop right-click context menu.
In reply to Copy paste from first google… by frfancha
Should be easy to get MuseScore to make that registry entry on install. Feel free to put it into the issue tracker
In reply to Copy paste from first google… by frfancha
Hmm,not quite, but this works (in Windows 7):
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mscz\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
Then right-click into a folder (like onto the desktop) has an entry for "Compressed MuseScore File" under the "New" submenu.
Likewise and optional for other extensions lile .mscx
Opening that new file though fails, as it is completly empty. I guess an additional key "FileName" pointing to a template score file seems needed.
Got it to work with mscx:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.mscx\ShellNew]
"NullFile"=""
"FileName"="C:\Program Files\MuseScore 3\templates\01-General\00-Blank.mscx"
But it isn't really usefull this way, it just opens a truely blank score, no measures, (but one treble clef piano staff, when appending measures). Somewhat disappointing...
This is interesting. But I'm trying to understand the reason for, and the steps needed, to open software this way.
In reply to This is interesting. But I'm… by bobjp
It's not that I want to open MuseScore software this way. It's more about how I want to work.
My filesystem is organized into many folders by categories such as "teaching material", "chamber music", "bass solo", "bluegrass", "jazz", "rock", etc.... In other words, I do not have all of my scores in one folder. Why should I?
When I get the inspiration to write a new "chamber music" piece for string quartet, for example, I'll traverse my Windows Explorer down into the folder I want the new score to live, then I want to right click "new->MuseScore" and create the new file name that I want it to be. Then I want to double-click on that file and have MuseScore open that file in the Start Center. Furthermore, when I hit save, I want MuseScore to remember what folder I am working in and save the file there.
In reply to It's not that I want to open… by mark@LowCBassS…
Certainly no one would suggest you need to keep all your scores in one folder. MuseScore already supports this quite well. I get that what you propose could be an interestingly different way to accomplish this than the one currently offered. But to be clear: this would be no more efficient than simply opening MuseScore normally, creating the score, then saving it into that same folder you would have navigated to using Explorer. That is, whether you navigate using Explorer or navigate using MuseScore's "Save" dialog, it's the same thing. And whether you do create the new score via an action from Explorer or via the New button in MuseScore, again, same thing. In fact, the method you propose would be considerably less efficient, because there would be no way to specify which template to use when creating this new score, so you'd get a very generic new score that you'd then have to customize. Whereas if you create it from within MuseScore, it's as easy as selecting from the list of available templates.
And it's already the case that if you save one file to that folder, the new score you create will also default to saving there.
So again, no particular reason not to implement this if it's convenient to do so, but the workflow you desire is quite possible and more efficient using the capabilities already present.
In reply to Certainly no one would… by Marc Sabatella
Hi,
Maybe I don't quite understand, but it seems to me that the possibility of creating one's own templates corresponds to what our friend Mark is looking for.
See here: https://musescore.org/en/handbook/3/create-new-score#user-templates-fol…
In reply to It's not that I want to open… by mark@LowCBassS…
This would make sense if you want to create a text file.
But at least for the mscz file, the following are required: the instruments used in it, key signature, Time signature, number of measures, ...
Is it possible to create them with just the right click and "Create new mscz file" command?
In reply to This would make sense if you… by Ziya Mete Demircan
No