MuseScore2.0 beta 2: Cannot read file :/data/My_First_Score.mscx:Unknown error (Windows 7)

• Dec 23, 2014 - 01:55

Windows7, MuseScore2.0 beta 2. Installed it and got this error when I try to start MuseScore. Did an uninstall and reinstall and even a repair. On start up the error is

Cannot read file :/data/My_First_Score.mscx:
Unknown error

Can only click ok, the error goes away and the program crashes.

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• Dec 23, 2014 - 02:02

Problem only happens when trying to open Musescore by itself. If I click on a mscz file, the program start without a problem and loads the file.

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• Dec 23, 2014 - 02:16

This would be due to leftover settings from an older incompatible build. See Revert to factory settings to see how to clear these. Actually, with 2.0 builds, simply running "mscore -F" from the command line shoudl do the trick.

Would probably also work to start from another file as you have, then go into Edit / Preferences and change startup option. You should be able to keep using My_First_Score by changing the final "x" to a "z". Or if that doesn't help, change to one of the other options like "start empty".

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