Replace a posted piece

• Jul 28, 2015 - 17:56

I open a piece (originally written in MS 1.3) in MS 2.0.2 and then save it as a 2.0.2 document. When I go online to replace the original piece I posted, I am unable to do so and the message "The selected file C:\fakepath\.BaroqueTrio sonata in D.mscz, cannot be uploaded. Only files with the following extensions are allowed: mscz."
The document does have the suffix mscz.
What am I doing wrong?

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• Jul 28, 2015 - 18:46

The trailing comma (and leading period) indicates this is not the actual score but a backup copy of an earlier revision of the score. So it is good that msuescore.com prevented you from inadvertently uploading it!

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• Jul 28, 2015 - 19:14

As ever I'm conscious of my technical limitations.... But it's the only original version of the score I have. Are you suggesting that everything in my (music) documents has become a Backup copy? Should I save all my MS 1.3 documents that I've opened in 2.0.2 in some other place? As it is I "Save as" and put it back where it came from in and press yes when it say "XXXX already exists. Do you want to replace it?" The only way I have been able to "replace" a piece online is by deleting the original. All OK then but comments and advice lost. Forgive me. CA

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• Jul 28, 2015 - 19:58

It is normal that MuseScore prompts you for a filename when saving an imported 1.3 score - that is so you won't accidentally overwrite the original in case for some reason you need to open it in 1.3 again. But overwriting it shoudl work. Are you sure you are looking in the correct location? By default MuseScore 2.0.2 saves to MuseScore2/Scores under your home folder. Is that where you are looking? Or did you perhaps navigate explicitly back to the original folder?

Don't worry, if you saved the file, it has to be somewhere. But it might take a little while to reconscruct what you did and then find your files. What OS are you on? Some version of Windows, I am guessing?

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• Jul 28, 2015 - 20:51

Aha! I was originally invited to save to Musescore 2/scores but didn't want to create a whole new file when I had all my pieces already saved under "Documents/Music" etc. ie I deliberately navigated back to the home folder, assuming I was saving as a new 2.0.2 score. Having said that, when I press save or save as I no longer have the option of saving to Musescore2/scores because I've refused the option so frequently. OS system Windows 7. No doubt Musescore2/scores still exists somewhere but I cannot find the option to go there.

Thanks (again) for your trouble.

CA

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• Jul 28, 2015 - 22:57

MuseScore never refuses you the option of navigating. The File dialog contains standard controls to visit other folders, so you can go there the same way you'd go to any folder in any program. When saving, MuseScoire defaults to the same folder you saved to last time, but navigate back to MuseScore2/Scores and you can save there instead. Or not - you are welcome to continue saving to Music. If you wish to do that, you might want to change the option in Edit / Preferences to make that the default for all score operations.

Also, everything you save *is* saved as a 2.0.2 score - there is no option to save as anything else.

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• Jul 29, 2015 - 14:23

Thanks for all the info and your time. What I have now discovered is that "Replace" is unnecessary for me. I assumed that if I updated a piece I would have to go to the original online version and replace it with the updated version. Actually, all I have to do is save the piece online and it replaces the original online version.

Incidently, when I press "Replace" and "Browse" it seems that all my Musescore documents have the suffix mscz, (comma). Hey ho!

CA

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• Jul 29, 2015 - 14:50

Again, the versions with the commas are backup files. Apparently you either saved the reasl scores to another folder. Or, perhaps when you imported the 1.3 file and saved and it prompted you for a filename, you accidentally selected the backup version as the name to save. In which case, the original version should still be present. Either way, you need to figure this out or you risk you files being overwritten by their own backups and thus losing work. Next time you save a file, pay special attention to what folder is is saving to and what filename you are giving it.

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