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Since I've installed Finale 27 I cannot open files .BACK

I appreciate your always valuable help

Finale 27/Windows 10

Change the .bak to .musx and the files should open.

Thank you, miker, but the files have no extension now

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How can I get there?
On View Menu I don't see it

Maybe you need Windows help. Not a Finale problem.

Thank you, miker and motet

jose oscar wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:37 pm

How can I get there?
On View Menu I don't see it

Two things to try. To get to the screen that Motet posted, click the three dots to the right of headings, which will bring up the menu, then follow Motet's picture example. If the box is already checked, try the following:

-click the windows key + i to display the settings.
-in the search box type "developers"
-select "use developer features"
-scroll down to "file explorer"
-check the box "show file extensions"

Thank you very much, heinzfan,
I'll try it

Thank you, Heinzfan,
"click the three dots to the right of headings"
where? in Finale 27? In Google chrome on Windows 10?

Thank you, Heinzfan,
"click the three dots to the right of headings"
where? in Finale 27? In Google chrome on Windows 10?
In Google chrome this is what I've got

Chrome has nothing to do with it.

View tab in Windows File Explorer.

Jose,
On your desk top, no other program running or open, type File Explorer in the search field at the bottom of your screen. This will open where you need to be. Don't use Finale and or certainly not chrome to do this.

Thank you, motet and ebiggs1,

but once Ive written a file .bakx

on the screen I see "YOU NEED A NEW APPLICATION TO OPEN THIS FILE .bakx"

and Finale is not on the list

Are you sure it is a Finale file? What if you rename it jose.musx. Try that.
The name itself isn't important to a degree but the file extension is and it must be a file made by Finale.

Installing Finale should have assigned .bakx to Finale, so I don't know what that didn't happen.

Did you click "Mas aplicationes?" Do that, and hunt for C:/Program files/MakeMusic/Finale/27/Finale.exe.

Or, open the file from within Finale from the File menu rather than trying to open it from Windows.