Musescore 4 not opening
Musescore 4 does not open If the audio on your pc is set to any of the SteelSeries Sonar. Switching It to anything else fixes the problem and Musescore 4 will begin to work after.
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I have never googled a technical problem and had it answered perfectly on the first link when what the issue turned out to be was this specific. Bravo & ty!
In reply to I have never googled a… by johnalannorth
Same haha
Thank you very much!
Of all the things I thought would have caused the issue, this wasn't on the list.
I have never thought that some random page with 2 replies would save my day. Thank you so much! I would have never solved this issue if it wasn't for you. Words cannot express how grateful I am for this.
I googled "Musescore 4 not working" and this was the first thing, and I just happen to be using Steelseries Sonar. That is the craziest thing.
My Musescore still won't open on my pc unfortunately.
In reply to My Musescore still won't… by jaigawde11
It is possible for almost any addon audio interface to cause problems.
My Logitech headphones also caused the problem. Thank you it worked!
Thank you so much for pointing this out, for the past 3 days I've been figuring out why it keeps crashing for me. Yeah, you have to choose one of the (Speakers) devices instead of (Steelseries Sonar - etc...). Gonna keep this saved for future reference.
I don’t get what that means ahh please someone help
this comment is amazing, somehow the exact thing that was causing it.
Musescore 4, Windows 11, has worked fine for me for many months, but tonight something went wrong when I closed a score, and now it will not open. When I try to start it from its icon or from a score, all I get is a tiny stub on the taskbar. I have restarted Windows and reinstalled Musescore 4 (latest version) but it still will not open. I don't have SteelSeries Sonar (I have never heard of it), nor have I changed my audio setup in any way.
In reply to Musescore 4, Windows 11, has… by mfn
Reinstalling almost never solves problems (with MuseScore). Try Help > Revert to factory settings instead
In reply to Reinstalling almost never… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thanks. I uninstalled, then manually removed all remaining MS directories , then reinstalled, and I seem to be back in business. I didn't have any of my scores in MS directories, and I easily reintroduced my modest customizations. Perhaps such scrubbing should be an option in Uninstall.
I am also interested in when something like the mobile Score View will be available within MS for Windows devices, but I guess I should look for this elsewhere.
Funnily enough, same thing with the Mac (M1 MacBook) and a Focusrite set to main audio.