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Post by ewindels » Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:53 pm

Argh! An old 2011b project now won't open, in either 2011b or 2014.5. I get this:
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I don't really care which program I work on it, but I don't have the time or patience to rename all the *.mus files *.musx one by one.

Thanks!
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Post by motet » Thu Dec 02, 2021 10:58 pm

The newer programs will open .mus files from the File menu.

You don't want to rename .mus to .musx. The reason for the two different file extensions is that the file format is different--way different. But that's not the reason for the error message. It sounds to me like your file is corrupt, but if you want to upload it here I'll take a look.
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Post by ewindels » Thu Dec 02, 2021 11:04 pm

Ooof, if this entire project is corrupt, I'm going to harm myself.

Thanks, Motet.
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Post by motet » Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:13 am

The file begins with

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SafeGuard FileEncryption
Copyright 1998-2012 Sophos Group. All rights reserved.
Did you perhaps encrypt it and forget?
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Post by ewindels » Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:15 am

Nope, I'd have no idea how to do that. Any suggestions on how to remove?
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Post by motet » Fri Dec 03, 2021 1:21 am

No, never heard of it. Looks like somehow, someone encrypted it. Did you have it on a work computer? If it really is encrypted, you're likely out of luck without the password.
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Post by ewindels » Fri Dec 03, 2021 12:52 pm

Yup, the last full printing would have been on my computer at work. UGH.
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Post by N Grossingink » Fri Dec 03, 2021 2:01 pm

Do you have a copy from your home computer from before you took it to work? I realize this might have been years ago. Maybe contact the IT guy and see if they can decrypt?
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Post by ewindels » Fri Dec 03, 2021 3:41 pm

Nope on the earlier versions BUT... I seem to be able to open the *bak files! Which is better than nothing.
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