Running as a new user will, however, help isolate the problem. If it still crashes even under a brand-new user account, then that is confirmation that something is seriously amiss.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 7 Feb 2012, at 2:50 PM, Rob Franks wrote: > That's a safe way of fixing many registry problems. Hopefully it will work. > > Claude is suggesting that you create a new user in XP, then use Finale > as that user. That's a possible workaround for registry problems, but > running as a new user will make your life more complicated, which you > don't need right now. > > Rob > > On 2/7/2012 10:04, Lawrence Yates wrote: >> Rob, >> >> I've now completely un-installed Finale (I simply re-installed before >> without un-installing first, and I'm now running a registry cleanup >> programme. Then I'll try reinstalling. >> >> Claude wrote: "simply use Finale from a new account (without re-install)" - >> I don't know what this means. >> >> Thanks for these suggestions - please keep them coming! > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale