Unreadable File - What can I do?
Scenario:
Listening through a play-back of a piece I've been working on for weeks now when suddenly MuseScore (version 2.0.3) stops responding and closes. I immediately re-open MuseScore, click 'Yes' when prompted to recover previous session only to be greeted by an error message saying: "Cannot read file.. ". Turns out everything BUT the score I was working on restored and the only version of the file I have now is much smaller and void of any progress/changes I made over the past week or so. I am currently freaking out and holding back tears as there is no way I can re-add everything out of my head (we're talking about roughly 3 minutes of the piece here).
Findings:
- %appdata%\musescore\musescore2; file found but size of the file is 0 KB and is also unreadable
- showed hidden files; MSCZ, version of the files is found but cannot open it or change the type of file to .mscz
- the date the file was last saved is 7 days ago
Questions:
1. Why did the file become unreadable in the first place?
2. Is it recoverable?
3. Is there a way to change an 'MSCZ,' file to a '.mscz' file?
4. Are there no automatically-saved files anywhere from after the file was last saved to now? If there are, where can I find them?
I appreciate any suggestions/solutions I can get! I'm really upset about this and I hope I don't have to just continue off from where the file was last saved. Thanks in advance!
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Thirteen-Eight.mscz | 76.61 KB |
Comments
ad 1: No idea, What did you do last to it?
ad 2:maybe, if you can share it here
ad 3. just rename it so it loses the , at the end (and the . at the start and also unset its 'hidden' attribute, see below)
ad 4. yes, and it seems you look at that spot and haven't found any
See also https://musescore.org/en/node/52116
In reply to ad 1: No idea, What did you by Jojo-Schmitz
I added a Glockenspiel part last I think.
I tried renaming and it stills stays MSCZ, and there is no "." before it. I unchecked the hidden box.
In reply to I added a Glockenspiel part by OboeDude101
Well, a 0kb file of course is useless. And when renaming you need to rename the extension, the part after the dot, you need to specificially select that, by default the rename appplies only to the filename part before the dot.
In reply to Well, a 0kb file of course is by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't know how to rename the extension as it's not part of the name of the file.
In reply to I don't know how to rename by OboeDude101
Again, see https://musescore.org/en/node/52116, it does point to a desciption to how to make the extensions visible. Although I'm puzzled that it seems to regard .mscz, as a 'known format'.
Not seeing the filenames' extension by default is one of the most idiotic and dangarous decisions Microsoft ever made
In reply to Again, see by Jojo-Schmitz
Well, I can't seem to change the format. So I don't know what to do then. I've done what I believe the link is telling me to do.
In reply to Well, I can't seem to change by OboeDude101
So you followed https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-show-file-extensions-… ?
You can also upload it here.
In reply to So you followed by Jojo-Schmitz
Well, I managed to change it thanks to the link. But this is actually an even older file. At least I know how to change mscz, folders now...
In reply to Well, I managed to change it by OboeDude101
Well, yes, that mscz, file is from 31Dec2016, so already 11 days old. That last readable file you attached earlier is from 4Jan2017. If you have it saved after that, you must have saved it some place else.
In reply to Well, yes, that mscz, file is by Jojo-Schmitz
I don't have an earlier save. So I guess I have to start from where I've been left with the composition... Thanks anyways
In reply to Well, I can't seem to change by OboeDude101
If you compress the .MSCZ, file into a zip, you should be able to attach that file here; one of us can then rename it for you.
In reply to If you compress the .MSCZ, by jeetee
".mscz," is amongst the allowed extensions for attachments here, no need to zip it
In reply to ".mscz," is amongst the by Jojo-Schmitz
Ooh, nice! I somehow overlooked that for quite some time then.
In reply to ".mscz," is amongst the by Jojo-Schmitz
It says the file isn't allowed for me.