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Finale Technical Support Has Ended

As of Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, we're no longer accepting new technical support requests.
Browse available support resources here.

You may continue to download & authorize registered Finale products for the foreseeable future.
Additionally, we continue to offer Dorico Pro crossgrades for purchase to eligible Finale & PrintMusic license holders.

After extracting the Finale bundle installer using the Windows built-in extraction tools, some users will see an "Access Denied" error message when launching the FinaleSetup.exe application.

 

To get around this error message, you can run FinaleSetup.exe as an administrator using these steps:

  1. Right-click on the FinaleSetup.exe application and choose Run As Administrator.

 

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  1. A User Account Control (UAC) prompt appears, asking "Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?" Choose Yes.

 

After following these steps, the Finale Bundle Installer will appear, and you can then resume your installation.

 

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