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Resolved: As of Finale v25.4

 

It has become apparent that there is a limit on the amount of space taken up by plug-ins (of the editing variety, not audio) that Finale is using.

 

By reaching this limit (still undetermined) Finale will exhibit some odd behavior like Finale crashing when using File > Open, or the ARIA Player plug-in window appearing blank.

 

To workaround this issue, you can reduce the amount of space taken up by plug-ins by moving any unused plug-ins out of Finale's architecture. Here's how...

 

Removing unused plug-ins to save space

  1. Close Finale.
  2. Right-click on your desktop and choose New > Folder.
  3. Name the folder something like "Unused Finale plug-ins".
  4. Hold down the WINDOWS key on your computer keyboard and press the letter R at the same time to open the Run dialog box.
  5. Type in the following filepath and press ENTER:

C:\Program Files\Finale\Plug-ins

  1. Look through the plug-in items in this folder. Find either some individual plug-ins or whole plug-in folders that you aren't using and move them to the "Unused Finale plug-ins" folder on your desktop (for safe-keeping, you can move these plug-ins back in if you need them later).
  2. Launch Finale.

If Finale is still exhibiting the same behavior, close Finale and try removing some more unused plug-ins.

 

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