Update button missing
Reported version
3.3
Type
Development
Frequency
Once
Severity
S3 - Major
Reproducibility
Always
Status
by design
Regression
No
Workaround
Yes
Project
Originally installed version 3.3.4.9134 (OS: Windows 10 [10.0], Arch.: x86_64, MuseScore version [64-bit]: 3.3.4.9134, revision: 7ea61d9).
1) There is no update button in any of the menus.
2) Uninstalled old version, rebooted, downloaded and installed version 3.6.2 direct link:
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/musescore/v3.6.2/MuseScore-3.6.2.548021803-x86…
3) Ran new version. In the "About" popup, the version has not changed (still 3.3.4), and there is still no update button. It's as if the new installer is mislabeled 3.6.2 when it's actually 3.3.4.
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Comments
That's a strange address to download from. Who knows what you might have downloaded. This site, musescore.org is the place to download from, in particular here https://musescore.org/en/download
That's where I downloaded it from. Check the Download Page image attached. The direct link is from that page, but I wanted to be sure the version I downloaded was clear.
That version 3.3.4 probably is is the version from the Microsoft Store, that version indeed doesn't have an update button, Microsoft doesn't allow for that in their store.
See also #313298: MuseScore in Microsoft Store is outdated, still at 3.3.4; remove link on Download page
You'd need to unistall that Microsoft Store version (don't aske me how exactly) and then install the version downloaded from https://musescore.org/en/download
In reply to That version 3.3.4 probabyl… by Jojo-Schmitz
I did that. I was careful to install the file I downloaded from musescore.org. The Microsoft store wasn't happy about it. I read the report you shared - I'll try uninstalling, rebooting, and installing the portable version and report back. Thank you.
The portable version worked, assuming 3.6.2 is the latest version. I still can't find an update button, but at least there's an option to automatically check for updates.
The Portable version indeed doesn't have that menu (Help > Check for update) either (as it isn't really installed, so the new version won't overwrite the old, as it'd happpen with the 'real' version), but does, in contrast to the Microsoft Store version, have Edit > Preferences > Update > Check for new versions on MuseScore (so can tell you that a new version is available).
Either is by design and not a bug.
As said: in order to properly update to 3.6.2 first uninstall that Microsoft Store version via Settings > Apps and Features