On 4/30/2017 9:01 AM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Sun, April 30, 2017 8:54 am, David H. Bailey wrote: >> There is a setting in Windows Explorer (which is where programs get the >> info for their file open/save dialogs) to show or hide system folders >> and files. This can be changed so that they can be seen. > > This does NOT work for these files. The system32 directory seems to be > unusually privileged so that Finale files (and perhaps other user data files) > cannot be seen there inside the usual explorer window. The first time I > encountered it, I opened explorer (which is set to show everything) and the > files were absent from system32. > > These files DO appear in the open dialog, however, where drag-and-drop is > normal. They also DO appear in the command window. > > I've yet to figure out this behavior, which in my experience has only happened > with Finale's recent versions. >
Wow -- you're right, and I stand corrected. I just did a test whereby I copied a .mus file into the system32 folder, and it shows up just fine in Windows Explorer but it does not show in the File/Open dialog in Finale 2014.5. I just ran another test and I saved a file from within Finale to the System32 folder and it does not show up in Explorer but it does show up in the Finale File/Open dialog. I just ran yet another test saving as a .mus instead of a .musx and the same behavior is exhibited. So the behavior is exactly opposite from each other depending on whether there is a Finale file copied into the System32 folder using Windows Explorer or whether it is saved into the System32 from within Finale. That is very bizarre -- yet another example of the developers of Finale not quite spending enough time (for whatever reason -- it may not be their fault) to make sure this all works together properly. As to why Finale would randomly put files into that folder, that's anybody's guess and while the file displaying issue may be partly Microsoft's fault, having Finale randomly change folders to save files into, going contrary to the Folders settings in Preferences is entirely the Finale developers' fault. -- ***** David H. Bailey dhbaile...@comcast.net http://www.davidbaileymusicstudio.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu https://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale To unsubscribe from finale send a message to: finale-unsubscr...@shsu.edu
