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Angela Sullivan Posted
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I have Finale 2011. I just installed the software on a new computer (Windows 10 os), registered it, and opened the program so that I rework one of my existing files from a few years back. However, when I click on the file I want to open, it says invalid file type. The file is a .cwp file. It appears that the file type, which I created in my Finale 2011, is inaccessible to Finale 2011 now. How do I open the files to work on them and reprint?

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MIKE ROSEN Edited
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.cwp is not a Finale file format, as far as I know. What happens if you change the file ending to .mus?

 

TRY THIS ON A COPY OF YOUR FILE,  NOT THE ORIGINAL!!!

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George Mohammed Posted
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.cwp is Cakewalk's file extension.

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MIKE ROSEN Edited
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Thanks, George. So I wonder if the file was worked on in Cakewalk, or if it’s just file confusion?

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George Mohammed Posted
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My guess is the OP created a Finale file and a Cakewalk file of the same music, and the Finale file is misplaced?

Another possibility is that the OP is conflating Finale with Cakewalk?

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Angela Sullivan Posted
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I've only ever used Finale so not sure why it's doing that. I did try to rename .mus and it still came up invalid. Had a slight ray of hope that it might solve the problem. Thank you very much for the suggestion... I think I'll have to pull my old computer out of retirement and see if I can pull up the files on it and save as .mus for the new one.

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