How to change location of backups?

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CHEMICALCAT59
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Finale Version: 2014
Operating System: Windows

Post by CHEMICALCAT59 » Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:14 pm

Hi,

When I try to save any of my Finale files, I am suddenly getting the error message "Error 3 moving file: "[file location]" to "D:\Document\Finale Files\Backups\[file name]". The system cannot find the path specified.

Well I know why the system cannot find the path specified; it's because I don't have a folder called "Document" on my computer. It's been called "Documents" (plural) since the day I bought this computer and Finale has been able to make backups to that location until this morning. For some reason, it changed the path of the backup folder to be under "Document" instead of "Documents" and I can't figure out why it would do that. So my question is, how can I change the backup file location back to what it was? I really would prefer to not have to rename my Documents folder just to save Finale files.


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David Ward
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Finale Version: F 25.5 & 26.3
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Post by David Ward » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:22 pm

I'm on a Mac so things may not be quite the same, but I suspect you need to restore your Finale preferences. Someone here should be able to give you the correct advice for Windows and your version of Finale.
Finale 25.5 & 26.3
Mac 10.13.6 & 10.14.6

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motet
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Finale Version: 2014.5,2011,2005,27
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Post by motet » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:50 pm

Yes, Preferences/Folders.

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