MuseScore hangs when started - Solved - Heads-up for new users
Just wanted to share this with others who might experience the same or similar problem.
Whenever I would start MuseScore, I would get the splash screen and nothing else. Even trying to close teh app using Windows Taskmanager would often fail, forcing a reboot.
In searching for solution, I came across the Debug version. It confirmed that the app was hanging and going nowhere. Had a brief moment of inspiration and went to check my anti-virus/anti-spyware programs. Ensured that MuseScore had all necessary permissions. Hanging issue has disappeared and MuseScore (v0.9.6.3) runs like a dream.
Thanks for a really great program!
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Hi Gene,
Thanks a lot for sharing this information. It will be very helpful in the future I believe. Could you tell us what anti-virus/... software exactly caused MuseScore to block at startup?
In reply to Thanks a lot for sharing! by Thomas
Hi Thomas,
I had an issue with ZoneAlarm.
Mind you that did not entirely fix the hang-up issue. I do believe that part of the hang-up has to do with RAM/memory. If I run MuseScore just after boot-up now, I have no issue. But if I have been running the computer fro a while, it still hangs. I have increased the pagefile size to see if that helps.
My system info is:
Intel DP35Dp motherboard
CPU: Intel Q9300 Quad core
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Win7 Pro - 64bits
4 SATA Hard drives (1- 250 GB; 3 x 500GB)
In reply to Hi Thomas, I had an issue by Gene_Mtl
On my computer MuseScore uses between 28-60 MB of RAM depending on the size of the score. (I'm using MuseScore 0.9.6.3, default SoundFont, Windows 7). By itself, MuseScore would be almost negligible on a 4 GB RAM computer. Take a look at the Task Manager to see memory usage.