My MSCZ won’t open
After Musescore had some crazy sound bugs, I hit factory reset after making sure that everything was saved and had been backed up. Lo and behold, my score (some six months of work for a charity) cannot open, even though I have the mscz file and it’s backup. What do I do?
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You start by attaching the score here, so we can inspect it and see whether it can be salvaged.
You can start by providing more detailed information about the problem and attaching the score that you are having difficulty with.
So,
Which version of Musescore are you trying to open the score with and what operating system? Those can both be found from the [Help]>[About] menu. There is a copy button in the menu that you can use and then paste the information directly into your forum reply.
Did you create the score in that version or was it created in an earlier version?
Was the score created in Musescore or by importing from another application or by importing/converting a .pdf file?
How are you trying to open your score - from the [File]>[Open] menu? from the [File]>[Open recent] menu? from the Start Centre? by clicking on the file in your file manager? Some other way?
Does it open if you try one of the other methods mentioned above?
6, What happens when you try to open the score? Is there an error message?
In reply to You can start by providing… by SteveBlower
Point 7 shpould actually be point 1 :-). Many of the other points could get answered from that
In reply to point 7 shpould actually be… by Jojo-Schmitz
It is actually point zero - it's in the preliminary paragraph and again in point 7 as a reminder as it is SO important.
In reply to It is actually point zero -… by SteveBlower
Ah, true
Add point
8. Attach your score!
and
9. Did you forget to attach your score?
;-)
When I try to attach the mscz, I only get a notification that says file not found.
I am using Windows 10 and Musescore 3.6.2
In reply to When I try to attach the… by andrewvance11
The same notification is shown I go to File Open and then the mscz. The backup file gives a similar message that says path does not exist.
In reply to The same notification is… by andrewvance11
Go to where your file is. Then Zip it. Post that
In reply to When I try to attach the… by andrewvance11
See:
https://musescore.org/en/node/289899
If you can see the mscz file in a folder on your computer, you can drag and drop it where it says "File attachments":
![drag.png]( "drag.png")
(The MuseScore app can be closed when you do this.)
In reply to See: https://musescore.org… by Jm6stringer
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In reply to / by andrewvance11
The file cannot be compressed, because apparently the field is empty? This is very confusing. I will try to attach the score to this comment again.