----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Finale] data-destroying bug, I've been bitten!
On Nov 19, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Peter Taylor wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Dussault"
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That's it, I've been bitten by the data-destroying bug today at work.
You know, this sounds suspiciously like the unpredictable and
unfathomable problems caused by temporary files which have bugged Windows
users ever since version 1. I'm *still* finding TMP files left behind
with 2005, even though I understand they were supposed to have cured it.
If you let the TMP files mount up this is exactly the sort of problem
that results.
I appreciate you Mac users say you never see any undeleted TMP files, but
Finale must write them while it is running and they only get deleted (if
you're lucky) when you exit the program, not when you close a file. So
if you've had Finale running for days I think it's a distinct possibility
you're being affected by the same issue.
I would be able to tell you if I COULD see them. They aren't called .tmp
on the Mac, but what ARE they called? I know they must be somewhere, but I
can't find them. Anybody Mac-oriented who can point me?
Christopher
Christopher - sorry I can't help with Mac. In WinFin 2005 I click on Options
> Program Options and choose the Folders item. At the bottom of the Folder
lists is the location of Temporary Files. For every new installation I
create a discrete folder for Finale's temporary files (for which I create a
shortcut on the desktop) and empty it manually very frequently. This has
been standard practice ever since I discovered the problems that temporary
files cause.
They can even affect the general running of the machine, not just Finale -
at least they used to before I knew what to do about it. This includes
slowing everything down.
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