Encore 4.5.3 trouble

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  • March 26, 2025 at 8:45 am #4103
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      Hi everybody, I’m new to this group.

      I have a huge problem with my Encore version 4.5.3 on Windows 10. It simply won’t work anymore. When I start it up, the title screen appears with the Encore logo, and then a blank encore screen, and after a few seconds it closes down.

      First I thouth my PC was to blame, but on my Windows 11 laptop, it’s exactly the same. Does anymone know what the problem might be ? Or how to solve it ?

      Or should I buy a new one ? If I understand correctly from info on internet forums, Encore 5 does not open my already made ENC files. Shoud I wait for Encore 6 ?

      For the moment I can view my files with Harmony Assistent, but I can’t save or print them. To do that I have to make a totally new score with another program like MuseScore.

      Please help me.

      March 26, 2025 at 12:05 pm #4105
      Avatar photoandre.baeck(at)gmail.com
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        I cannot be specific for Encore 453, but I have a copy of 455 which, still today, opens normally on Windows 11. I think I have an installation file for 455, I’ll see to add it on my download page that I can send you on request.

        Encore 5 will definitely open Encore 4 files, otherwise nobody would have migrated from E4 to E5. There is some older level which could not directly be opened, it required an intermediate step, but I don’t remember which that was.

        That I remember, the license keys distributed with new purchases in 2006 or 2007 were accepted in Encore 5, but older ones were not (but were in E455, I guess).

        Now, it is not possible nowadays to purchase an Encore 5 license, since PassportMusic stopped business in the 2021/2022 timeframe.

        Greetings from Belgium

        March 26, 2025 at 12:25 pm #4106
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          Thank you Andre for your reply.
          I would like to try the 4.5.5 version if you let me have it.
          It that would work, I would be saved, and can continue working with Encore.

          Kind regards, also from Belgium.

          March 26, 2025 at 12:32 pm #4107
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            Bart,
            Yes I found it and I’m busy putting it on my site. Send me a mail so that I have yout e-mail address (mine can easily be derived from my user name here).

            March 26, 2025 at 1:38 pm #4109
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              Mail sent 🙂

              March 26, 2025 at 3:39 pm #4110
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                Thank you so very much Andre for all your help. The e455 works perfectly. You saved me a lot of retyping scores in MuseScore.

                Greetings
                Bart

                March 28, 2025 at 8:16 am #4115
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                  Oh my oh my … the e455 works ok for viewing, but not for editing.

                  When I make a change to an existing score, or create a new one, and save it, the next time I open it, the program closes down and disappears, just like it did with my older version.

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