Thank you for sharing that with us -- do you know if there is anything in the 2014a update that is worth all that bother?
David H. Bailey On 1/8/2014 6:16 PM, Jan Angermüller wrote: > Below is the full installation text that Makemusic support just sent me. > Updating Finale has never been easier ;-) > Has anyone tried it yet ? I wonder why this text is not in the > "Finale Read me.rtf". > > Jan Angermueller > > > Hello Jan, > > we just came out with 2014a. What makes things a bit more complicated is > that the auto updater on Windows is not working properly. So, what we > need to do is a full uninstall and reinstall of Finale 2014. Here is how > to do that: > > 1. You will need to be logged in to this computer on a user account that > has full administrative rights. > 2. Close Finale 2014. > 3. Click your Windows Start orb and choose Control Panel. > 4. In the Control Panel > 5. In the Control Panel, choose Programs > Uninstall a program. > 6. In your Programs and Features list, select Finale2014, and then click > the Uninstall button on the tool bar. > 7. Click your Windows Start orb again and choose Computer. > 8. In your Computer folder, navigate to C:\Program Files folder, find > your Finale 2014 folder and delete it. If you have any personal files > saved here, be sure to remove them first. > 9. Navigate to C:\Users\<your account>\AppData\Roaming\MakeMusic\Finale > 2014 * and delete this folder as well > > (* = this is a hidden folder. To show hidden files and folders, go into > Explorer's Organize Menu, Folder and Search Options, the View tab, and > "Show hidden files and folders.") > > 10. Restart the computer > 11. Re-install Finale 2014 from the installation disc, or by downloading > it from https://store.makemusic.com/MyAccount/MySoftware.aspx > > Let me know if you have any other questions about this issue. > > > MakeMusic Customer Support > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > -- David H. Bailey dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
