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Last Call for Finale v27
Crossgrade to Dorico Pro through MakeMusic by July 23, 2026, to receive Finale v27 for free.

Crossgrades Moving to Steinberg
Starting July 24, 2026, Dorico Pro Crossgrades will be available through Dorico's parent company, Steinberg.

Finale Technical Support Has Ended
Browse available support resources here.

Downloading & Authorizing Finale
Downloading & authorizing registered Finale products will remain available for the foreseeable future.

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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