Musescore 3 SAVE?
Why everytime I save my score in Musescore 3, it indicates as a Musescore 4 file in my folder even though I deleted the Musescore 4 and didn't do the score in Musescore 4? I hate that software, it makes a lot of errors and makes your score inaccessible!!
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The file was saved as a Musescore 3 File and yet the 2nd photo that I showed was the file became a Musescore 4 file and I have no idea why it is like that.
In reply to The file was saved as a… by nikkoione19
"... even though I deleted the Musescore 4"
Did you actually uninstall MuseScore 4, using your computer's operating system?
In reply to "... even though I deleted… by DanielR
ya, I just uninstalled it??
In reply to "... even though I deleted… by DanielR
I keep on saving it in Musescore 3 but the file keeps on directing to a Musescore 4 file
In reply to "... even though I deleted… by DanielR
I keep on saving it in Musescore 3 but the file keeps on directing to a Musescore 4 file
In reply to The file was saved as a… by nikkoione19
A MuseScore 3 file cannot turn itself into a MuseScore 4 file. If you definitely save a MuseScore 3 file then it may be that your operating system still thinks it's a MuseScore 4 file because your operating system has .MSCZ files associated with MuseScore 4.
In reply to A MuseScore 3 file cannot… by underquark
How do you fix it?
In reply to How do you fix it? by nikkoione19
You learn how your operating system works. I don't use your operating system. Possibly as easy as right-clicking on a .MSCZ file and using "Open with..." or a similar command.
In reply to How do you fix it? by nikkoione19
"How do you fix it?"
For Windows 11, look at this article:
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-change-file-associations/
For any other version or any other operating system, search with Google for:
"file association windows" or
"file association MacOS" or
"file association Linux"
In reply to How do you fix it? by nikkoione19
Perhaps it would help to carry out a repair installation for MuseScore 3.
Uninstall of any software does not get rid of everything having to do with that software. Run a search of your hard drive for "musescore4". Go to and delete the files that are shown. Except for scores.
In reply to Uninstall of any software… by bobjp
WIndows file associations are handled by the registry and will not show up in a file search. They can be changed manually by using RegEdit or, (more normally), from the "Open With..." context menu (= right-click menu) where you can browse for a specific program if it's not already in the list and then select "Always" to make the association permanent. (Exactly as underquark said earlier).