Cannot make Finale 25.3 the default program for .musx

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Patrick Rice
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Post by Patrick Rice » Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:01 pm

Things got worse. I uninstalled 25.3 and it corrupted the registry so that Finale 2014.5 isn't recognized for file associations. 2014.5 still works, but double clicking a file doesn't, nor does right-click Open with. MM support answered my complaint to them saying that the problem was introduced in 25.3. Older versions work OK. If the file you try to open is on the C: drive then things work (they say). I've requested a copy of 25.2 to see if it will restore the registry. I fear it may not for 2014.5. I can't even uninstall 2014.5 now. ARGH! Oh well, it's probably time to rebuild my C: drive anyway.
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motet
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Post by motet » Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:13 pm

FileTypesMan, discussed above may help. These problems began before 25.3.

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Patrick Rice
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Post by Patrick Rice » Fri Apr 14, 2017 11:52 pm

FileTypesMan will work only if there is already sufficient information in the registry. At least that's what I think it needs. I tried to edit/modify the .musx extension and can't. I can't explain why, either.
Ah well. I wonder if the C: thing has anything to do with why JW Lua plugin doesn't work.
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Post by motet » Sat Apr 15, 2017 1:06 am

FileTypesMan should let you associate .musx with finale.exe regardless.

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Post by [hg]lor47D » Thu Jun 29, 2017 8:03 pm

Finale 25.4 fixed this issue.
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Version 1709, Build 16299.19
Intel Core i7 5930K @3.50GHz
64.0 GB RAM
Motherboard: ASUSTek X99-A II Haswell-E chipset
Finale 26.0.1.655

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