Backup in Finale 27

[jose oscar]

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

I appreciate your always valuable help

Finale 27/Windows 10

[miker]

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

[jose oscar]

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

[motet]

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[jose oscar]

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

[motet]

Maybe you need Windows help. Not a Finale problem.

[jose oscar]

Thank you, miker and motet

[heinzfan]

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"

[jose oscar]

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

[jose oscar]

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

[jose oscar]

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

[motet]

Chrome has nothing to do with it.

View tab in Windows File Explorer.

[ebiggs1]

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.

[jose oscar]

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

[ebiggs1]

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.

[motet]

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.