Scores and Musecores Folders
Why these two folders? I find some of my scores in one folder and others in the other folder. I am confuse, I don't understand the sense of it. May anyone explain to me, please?
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Can you give the names (and path) of the folders where you found your scores?
In general: MuseScore saves the scores in your documents folder where there is a subfolder called MuseScoreX (X is the major version number of Musescore). And there in turn is a subfolder called "Scores".
Of course you may save your scores in any folder you like using 'Save as'.
And you can specify a different default folder in "Edit/Preferences/General".
This is completely up to you!
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It may be slightly different depending on your operating system, and the names may be different depending on your computer's language settings.
In reply to Can you give the names of… by HildeK
Ok, I understand know. Thank you
"Why these two folders?"
Which two folders? You need to explain in more detail.
If you look in Edit > Preferences > General > Folders, you will see the default folders which MuseScore uses for various types of file. The folder structure for my computer has been shortened in the image, to keep it simple:
![Edit_Preferences_General_Folders.png]( "Edit_Preferences_General_Folders.png")
In the Scores folder there is also a sub-folder named .msbackup - if you cannot see it, you need to make hidden files visible in your computer's operating system.
In the folder .msbackup you will probably find some backup files, where the filename starts with a full stop (dot, period) and ends with a tilde (∼). For example:
.Goldberg_Variation_26_MS4.mscz~To use a backup file, you should first rename the file by removing the leading dot and the trailing tilde.
In reply to "Why these two folders?"… by DanielR
If I go in Edit > Preferences > General > Folders, the structure is the same of your, but in Document, Musescore directory I actually have two folders for scores: they are "Musescores" and "Scores"
In reply to If I go in Edit >… by francoran53
In order to avoid confusion, do you think I could put all my scores in the Scores Folder and then delete the Musecores Folder?
In reply to In order to avoid confusion,… by francoran53
I do it a little differently: I have created further subfolders in the score folder, one for each piece of music. In addition to the actual score, this also contains, for example, the exported audio file, the excerpts for the individual instruments and, if applicable, the PDF template from which I took it.
Everyone will handle it a little differently.
In reply to If I go in Edit >… by francoran53
The only way I can explain this is that you have created this folder 'MuseScores' yourself and saved the files in it with "Save as".
Move the files to the 'Scores' folder using the file manager and then delete the empty folder.
Or copy the files into 'Scores', so you still have a backup.
In reply to The only way I can explain… by HildeK
Actually I don't remember to have created the "Musescores" folder. Anyway I'll move my files into "Scores" for now and then later, if everything is ok, I will erase "Musescores" folder. Thank you very much
In reply to Actually I don't remember to… by francoran53
Yes, this should work.
For the sake of completeness: Somebody posted these paths which are used by Musescore4 to save and backup scores (Windows):
C:\Users\{YourUserAccount}\Documents\MuseScore4\Scores
C:\Users\{YourUserAccount}\Documents\MuseScore4\Scores\.mscbackup
C:\Users\{YourUserAccount}\Documents\MuseScore4\Cloud_Scores
If a file gets lost, also check these folders, but here the file names are cryptical.
C:\Users\{YourUserAccount}\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4
C:\Users\{YourUserAccount}\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4\cloud_scores
C:\Users\{YourUserAccount}\AppData\Local\MuseScore\MuseScore4\cloud_scores\.mscbackup
In reply to Yes, this should work… by HildeK
Useful for users on Windows, but we need to look after MacOS and Linux users too.
In reply to Useful for users on Windows,… by DanielR
Yes, indeed.
Unfortunately, very few people say which operating system they use.