Sometimes MuseScore just won't start...
Reported version
3.0
Type
Functional
Frequency
Once
Severity
S2 - Critical
Reproducibility
Randomly
Status
won't fix
Regression
No
Workaround
No
Project
Sometimes no matter how many times I click on MuseScore it just won't start... even the blue startup screen doesn't show up. I have to restart the computer to get it running. How am I able to diagnose this problem?
Comments
MuseScore won't start, if another is still running. So check whether there is one, like by using taskmanager (in Windows)
In reply to MuseScore won't start, if… by Jojo-Schmitz
Right. Next time this happens I will try doing so.
In reply to (No subject) by Jojo-Schmitz
You're right -- task manager shows MuseScore is still running... but why? Why does it not completely terminate?
maybe it does run, but outside the visible screen, like on a screen that once was attached additionally but currently is not?
If so a factory reset might help.
But I too had seen a 'stray' MuseScore3.exe in Task Manager a few times, seemingly one that indeed didn't terminate properly. Sort of a zombie, not quite dead
Fortunately windows allows you to kill such a zombie ;-)
Ghostbusters ;-)
In reply to maybe it does run, but… by Jojo-Schmitz
It's probably not "outside the screen" thing because I clearly closed the software's main form but it's still in the Task Manager...
I noticed that when MuseScore is closed immediately after opened (and I mean <0.5 second, which is usually an unintended close), it will still be in the task manager, thus trying to launch MuseScore again will fail.
I have seen that too occasionally, and had to resort to using the Task Manager to kill that 'Zombie'
In reply to I have seen that too… by Jojo-Schmitz
So should this be seen as a bug and needs fixing, or it's a normal phenomenon?
Probably impossible to fix
OK...