File Names
Hi there
While yaw'll are composing your compositions, consider naming your files with 8 characters or less
as the Windows environment shortens the names of files to 8 characters.
Example: C:\Progra~1
Build Me Up Buttercup.mscz will open when you rename it in a Linux environment to under 8 characters.
I simply named it "Butter" and when I opened it in a Windows environment it opened with success.
Could we now attribute all of these bug problems to extremely long names????
Let me know how you guys make out.
Respectfully,
Debbie Bloomer, Mother of two & Brain Dead
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| Butter.mscz | 18.2 KB |
Comments
I renamed the original file in XP just by changing the name to <8 chars and it still crashed Musescore. If you are changing the filename by reading it into say a Linux installation and then back out, the Linux version may be correcting a problem.
In reply to Simple rename does not work in XP by Zoots
Yes I realize you can't just change the name to 8 characters.. duh!!!
Open your the file you could not open - ex; Build me up buttercup.mscz in Musescore in a Linux O/S.
The file will open. THEN File Save As pick a name with no more than 8 characters.
Then you are able to open your file in any Windows O/S you like.
While you are composing you should create your files with only 8 characters. This will prevent
any problems you may have encoured otherwise.
Respectfully
Debbie Bloomer
p.s. if you would like me to fix your file, should you not have Linux, I would be happy to fix it for you.
debbiebloomer@rogers.com
In actual fact the WIndows environment doesn't shorten filenames to 8 characters, it has had long filenames ever since Windows 95.
It may appear that way when you are using the command line in Windows, but that is because it is still based on the old MS-DOS environment with most of the same commands, but with extensions to cope with long filenames by replacing some characters with ~