 |
|
| MakeMusic Forum > Public Forums > Finale - Windows > Vista issues | Forum Quick Jump
|
| 
Aeterna
busily writing her Requiem
      
Date Joined Jul 2006
Total Posts : 38
| Posted 5/15/2009 3:27 PM (GMT -5) |   | | I just recently bought a new laptop which runs Windows Vista Home Basic (I'll need to change my signature!) and I've been having a few issues with Finale (I'm running 2007c).
First, every time I pull it up, it tells me I have to authorize it, which I already did. I read a thread that I dug up through the search engine, and Ebony Ivory said I have to authorize it in administrator mode (or something like that) in order to get it to stop doing this, but I don't know how to get into administrator mode, so that's a bit of an issue.
Secondly, I can't save anything. Every time I try, I first get an error message that says "Error 5 backing up file [file name]. Access is denied." and then after I click OK on that, I get another message that says "Cannot rename file" (as if I was trying to!).
The authorization thing is a pain, but not terribly prohibitive. The inability to save files, however, is a real problem, and I'd like to try to get it fixed as soon as possible.
Much love,
| | Back to Top | |
 |
Flint
silly bear
Date Joined Oct 2006
Total Posts : 969
| Posted 5/15/2009 3:30 PM (GMT -5) | | | Right-click on the Program Icon and select "Run as Administrator". This is basic Vista functionality.
EDIT: If you didn't install Finale while running as Administrator, it's probably not installed correctly.
I would recommend you re-installing Finale (as Administrator!) and then the first time you open Finale, Run as Administrator. After that, you should be fine.
woodwind specialist and doubler - Finale 2009, GPO 2nd ed. Full version, Garritan Jazz & Big Band, Garritan Concert and Marching Band, Windows Vista 32-bit SP1, 4GB RAM, Soundblaster Audigy II zs
"It is the job of copyist/arranger/composer to not only make the music clear and readable, but to also make it impossible to play incorrectly." - paraphrased from Bill Duncan
| | Back to Top | |
|
Ron.
Registered Member
Date Joined Mar 2003
Total Posts : 3815
| Posted 5/17/2009 1:12 PM (GMT -5) | | It you are planning on writing a lot of music, I suggest you set up your own system of folders. If you keep your music in "My Documents" or "My Music" you could soon have an unmanageable folder with all your abandonded projects, tests, projects in progress, symphonies, a raps experiements all rubbing shoulders. To give you an example, the folder I created for Finale 2009 files (in other words, since last August) contains 24 folders and 215 files. Folders for other versions of Finale since F2002 have similar counts.
BTW, my account on my computer is an administrator account. I wouldn't have it any other way. I don't know if that is a problem or not under Vista, but, if it works, why not do it?
Ron, composer
www.RonaldJBrown.com
Finale 2009b with Garritan Personal Orchestra 2.0,
Jazz & Big Band, and Concert & Marching Band
TGTools Pro
Win XP/Pro, Intel Core 2 Quad, 4 GB RAM
Creative XFi Xtreme Music sound card | | Back to Top | |
|
tbmartin
Yuba-Meister
Date Joined Jul 2003
Total Posts : 1049
| Posted 5/18/2009 12:09 PM (GMT -5) | |
Ron. said...
It you are planning on writing a lot of music, I suggest you set up your own system of folders. If you keep your music in "My Documents" or "My Music" you could soon have an unmanageable folder with all your abandonded projects, tests, projects in progress, symphonies, a raps experiements all rubbing shoulders. ...
So why not create subfolders? Inside "My Documents" I have a "music" subdirectory, and create another subdirectory for every project. The path for all my projects are therefore:
My Document/music/Project1
My Document/music/Project2
My Document/music/Project3
(edit: Obviously, I really use more descriptive names than "Project1" etc.)
Sometimes project will themselves have subfolders for versions, or for movements of the main project.
Terence
Saxophone Quartet Arranger
Using Finale 2003a, Windows XP Pro and Vista Post Edited (tbmartin) : 5/18/2009 3:31:24 PM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | |
|
Mike Rosen
himself
Date Joined Feb 2006
Total Posts : 6553
| Posted 5/18/2009 12:22 PM (GMT -5) | | | |
| Forum Information | Currently it is Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:57 PM (GMT -5)
There are a total of 252,337 posts in 40,371 threads.
In the last 3 days there were 43 new threads and 304 reply posts. View Active Threads
| | Who's Online | This forum has 24066 registered members. Please welcome our newest member, Chas1.
18 Guest(s), 1 Registered Member(s) are currently online. Details
Darcy James Argue |
Forum powered by dotNetBB v2.42EC SP3
dotNetBB © 2000-2010 |
|
|