File Recovery
Hi there,
I was working on a concert band piece for a few hours that I was really enjoying when it suddenly crashed. I hadn't saved it yet (which was dumb on my part) but for whatever reason, the "recover lost work" screen didn't pop up when reopening musescore. I've searched some forums to see if there is a way to recover my project but came up with no luck. Does anyone know if there is any backup file somewhere I can find?
Thanks!
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Have you looked in the directory where your score is located to see if there is a hidden .mscbackup directory?
If you have it, activate show hidden files and go to this path:
C:\Users(your user)\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4 and see if there is any thing interesting in there.
See the Howto article "How to recover a backup copy of a score":
https://musescore.org/en/node/52116
In reply to See the Howto article "How… by DanielR
I've had a similar problem to this person (lots of work and mindlessly not saving it), and from what I've checked in my files there doesn't seem to be any backup. I'm aware the file might just not exist, but I've worked on it for multiple days and I have the autosave feature turned on, so there should be a backup, right?
In reply to I've had a similar problem… by Kenan Goluoglu
Not necessarily. If you haven't saved the file explicitly, there may not be a backup AT ALL. Save your score as the FIRST ACTION you take, then you can be sure that it will be backed up.
I know this is an old post, but anyone having a similar problem might benefit from knowing what I just found.
I hadn't saved my project at all when MuseScore crashed. I went to "C:\Users[Your Username]\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4" and there was a hidden file called "new_project.mscz"
If you type the following into the location bar, your PC should try to open it, if it's there:
"C:/Users/[Your Username]/AppData/Local/MuseScore/MuseScore4/new_project.mscz"
If you'd previously saved the project, try replacing the filename with the name of your project.