MY MUSESCORE 4 FILE WON'T OPEN
I was making something I was quite proud of on Musescore 4, and when i tried to make a clarinet play a 32nd note, BAM! Crashed. I saved it online but when I open the app back up, it wouldn't and say "This score is invalid." I've read other forums but they don't work. help?
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MuseScore files are save by default as zip files and given the extension .MSCZ.
Copy the score to a new name and give it the extension .ZIP
Use a ZIP program (Google this if you don't know what that is) to unZip it and find the .MSCX file
Try opening the .MSCX file in MuseScore
Still no luck?
Open the .MSCZ and .MSCX files using a "hex editor" program (again, google it if you don't know)
If the .MSCX file is full of zeros (00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00) then you are out of luck. A valid .MSCZ file should start with "PK.... or 50 4B... in Hex and have the string "META-INF/container.xmlPK..." near the end of the file. Some corrupt files have the ending missing because they haven't saved fully.
Tried all the above?
Post again and include the score as an attachment.
In reply to Copy the score to a new name… by underquark
Musescore 4.4.1 won't open this file which was created in a previous version (4.4).
In reply to Musescore 4.4.1 won't open… by kpack01
Confirmed. The current development builds though can open it, so 4.4.2 will too
In reply to Confirmed. Teh current… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you. BUT I've reinstalled 4.4.1 a couple of times, but that build still cannot open my file. I can I get 4.4.1 to open my file??
In reply to Thank you. BUT I've… by kpack01
No, 4.4.1 can't open it (and reinstall almost never helps), 4.4.2 will. It is expected to get released after the weekend
In reply to No, 4.4.1 can't open it (and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Ok. Well, at least I know now to NOT waste my time with trying to get 4.4.1 to work. Thank you!
In reply to No, 4.4.1 can't open it (and… by Jojo-Schmitz
Actually 4.4.2 might release today already, it is sitting on GitHub waiting to get deployed...
In reply to Actually 4.4.2 might release… by Jojo-Schmitz
Thank you, Jojo-Schmitz.
In reply to Musescore 4.4.1 won't open… by kpack01
Meanwhile check this.
In reply to Until then use this one. by kuwitt
Thank you, Kuwitt.