On 18 Aug 2009 at 20:37, Rodney Waterman wrote:

> 6. Find and delete the Finale.ini and Finmidi.ini files in this folder as 
> well.
> 7. Empty your trash.

This is what I call "voodoo troubleshooting." 

Deleting a text file is just silly. It can't be corrupt, but it could 
have settings in it that are causing a problem. The answer is not to 
DELETE it but to move it elsewhere. If it fixes the problem, you can 
then copy the settings back from the original file.

Deleting it entirely (especially the bit about emptying the recycle 
bin) is complete overkill, and means you have to recreate your old 
settings, just to get rid of one problematic configuration setting.

My understanding was that on the Mac the preferences were as binary 
file, and thus, not susceptible to being edited in part. Maybe I'm 
wrong on that?

This kind of advice is easy for MakeMusic to give, as it may solve 
the problem (assuming it's caused by a setting on one of the INI 
files). But it's certainly user-hostile, as it means recreating all 
your personalized settings.

-- 
David W. Fenton                    http://dfenton.com
David Fenton Associates       http://dfenton.com/DFA/

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