How do I install MuseScore-2.0.0.msi on windows 7
I downloaded MuseScore-2.0.0.msi
I don't see installation instructions
I did a run the file but it didn't install on windows 7
Do I need to delete my 1.3 first?
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No need to remove 1.3 it peacefully coexists with 2.0
What happens after you double click the msi file?
In reply to What happens after you double by Thomas
when I double-click it, a note-pad window comes on the screen.
Then i wait a few minutes, and the notepad window fill with
ununderstandable characters.
Can't find any new installed MuseScore.
In reply to when I double-click it, a by hill0093
notepad on a .msi??? That looks like some severely screwed up extension to program mapping
It should open msiexec.exe instead
In reply to when I double-click it, a by hill0093
As jojo said, the .msi extension is mapped to open by default by Notepad, which is obviously wrong. You can find a solution at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows_…
In reply to As jojo said, the .msi by Thomas
So basically follow these steps, to be executed as Administrator:
When done, double click on musescore.msi again.
I never had trouble installing MuseScore before this.
Obviously, MuseScore should make their software installable like
previously.
I'll just keep using version 1.3
In reply to I never had trouble by hill0093
What is obvious (to me at least) is that MuseScore can't be held responsible for a screwed up Windows installation and bogus extension assignments like in your case.
In reply to I never had trouble by hill0093
It *is* installable like previously is the system is in a usual state. There is nothing MuseScore would have done to change the MSI file association on your computer - some virus or other problem probably caused that. And if MuseScore's MSI file now opens in Notepad, so will *all* MSI files. Windows does not and cannot distinguish betwene different files of a given type, saying "I think I'll use notepad to open this MSI file but will open other MSI files normally". Somehow, your system has become screwed up, and all programs using the same MSI file type will presumably be affected.
Which is to say, you need to fix this problem on your system or you will just continue to have problems isntalling software. If it *was* caused by a virus, you may well ahve worse problems too, I'm afraid.
In reply to It *is* installable like by Marc Sabatella
To be fair the previous versions (1.3 at least) were also available as a .exe, so didn't depend on the msi infrastructure to be in place or working.
And the request to have 2.0 as an .exe too isn't new either.
In reply to I never had trouble by hill0093
@hill0093 It would be a pity to miss out on 2.0. Did you manage to follow my instructions? https://musescore.org/en/node/58196#comment-268961
In reply to @hill0093 It would be a pity by Thomas
Can I make a little correction here:
The command (to be executed as Administrator) is:
ciao
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What if nothing happens when you double click the program? I can't make it work that way...
In reply to What if nothing happens when by Sindaire
Sounds like somehow Windows has lost the file association for MSI files. Try right clicking the file and see what options you get; details probably different between different versions of Windows.
In reply to What if nothing happens when by Sindaire
Same problem here, with Windows XP, both the "MuseScore-2.1.msi" file and also the Portable installer ".exe" version, as downloaded, both refused to install. I tried fixing the file association as described above, and tried "open with" etc. Even mouse-dragging the ".msi" file over onto the "msiexec.exe" application (found inside "C:\WINDOWS\System32\" folder) to manually launch it didn't work, although gave a pop-up error message. Still nothing worked.
However, simply right-clicking the "MuseScore-2.1.msi" file, select Properties, and sure enough, it says under Attributes at the bottom, "This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer." Next to this warning, there's an "Unblock" option box to click, and after clicking that and "Apply", the .msi file could work at last and installed correctly.
In reply to Same problem here, with… by propianist
On a simple double click there should show up a dialog with the same question. At least it does on any supported version of Windows (please realize that Windows XP is out of support since almost 4 years now)