You may find that Finale is launching slower than expected on your computer. We’ve found that certain audio driver APIs can cause Finale to open slower than usual and up to several minutes in some cases. Class-compliant interfaces often use DirectSound generic Windows audio driver so disabling the other options can often help speed up your launch times depending on the hardware that you’re working with. You can do that by taking these steps:
- Close Finale
- Hold down your Windows key (to the left of the spacebar, between the <Ctrl> and <Alt> keys) and type the letter "R" - this will open the 'Run' dialog box
- Type "%appdata%" (without quotation marks) and click 'OK'
- Navigate to MakeMusic\Finale 27 (*note: for older versions of Finale this folder name will show the version - ex: "Finale 2014.5")
- In this folder, double-click the file named "FINMIDI.ini" - this should open the file in a text editor (e.g. Notepad)
- Near bottom of the file until you see a section that looks like this:
- [AUDIOAPIPREFS]
- EngineLoaded=1
- ASIOEnabled=1
- DirectSoundEnabled=1
- WASAPIEnabled=1
- Make sure that the EngineLoaded value is 1, so that line should now read "EngineLoaded=1"
- Change the ASIOEnabled value from 1 to 0, so that line should now read "ASIOEnabled=0"
- Change the WASAPIEnabled value from 1 to 0, so that line should now read "WASAPIEnabled=0"
- Save and close the file, then relaunch Finale to see if the issue has been resolved