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Running the installation file of a product will create and fill the program directories, but also generate a few system files – what a simple copy of the program directory will not do.
Now, these system files in Encore and MusicTime are, that I know, only some musical fonts such as Stoccata.
If the program works (including displaying scores, of course) on a new computer, that means that these files were installed by another program: that can be a demo version of either program, or some other music editors which also use the same fonts.
A good system specialist might also recover the font files from the hard disk of a dead system, or from a backup files of it, and reinject them in a new computer.
I think that “Fall 2022” was a typo at the first place. When I saw that date last year I found it unbelievable.
I have copies of the installation files for Mac (as well as for Windows) – send me a mail at andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com – but the Terms and Conditions do not allow us to share the license keys.
Please send me an e-mail at andre(dot)baeck(at]gmail(dot)com — I’ll send you some download links
Hello Jim,
If a file does not open well with the demo version, I’d be surprized if the full/registered version would do it any better. But an earlier version might.
Would you send me such a .mus file – to andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com ? I would see what to advise.
Hello,
Indeed, Encore will read and handle MusicTime files. However, the owning company PassportMusic has stopped business, then be reacquired, but the owner is working on a new Encore 5 and does not market the former versions. Perhaps a local dealer would still sell it, but this might not be too legal.Here in the forum, participants can help each other with copies of the installation files for those who have lost them. But we would infringe the T&C’s by sharing the registration key.
There is another piece of software which can read MusicTime/Encore files, particularly the old ones (MTD3,EncoreV4), it is Harmony Assistant, which can be found on myriad-online.com .
Extract quality is very variable, and depends on the style and complexity introduced by the score’s author. You could download it from the site, and use it freely in demo mode – again without the ability to save/print, but one can see if the results are satisfactory.Joan needs a Mac installation file.
I’m sending a link to a Win version to those asking me at andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com.
I could do the same for Mac, if someone would be able to send me a copy!
That I know, Jennifer Brazinski was an employee of PassPort Music LLC, perhaps the only one… I guess that when they stopped trading, two years ago, she lost her job. There are a few people with that name on LinkedIn and Facebook…
Inside of the Encore product folder, the is a program called “autoupdate-windows.exe” – meant for automatic update from a server. I have copies signed GVOX and some signed. PassportMusic.
From 2014, I have two zipped files containing a “EncoreUpdater.exe”. They have about the same size, and both are signed PassportMusic. Both initiate and ask for the installed version to update, but quickly fail when trying to download from a server, which “obviously” does not exist anymore.If my memory serves, these zipped files could be downloaded from the public Passport web site.
With the same “if”, at GVOX time the site contained an installation file for demo purposes, but it wasn’t different from a full version: the registration key could be inserted to activate as full.
At Passport time, new users received a full installation file (or a link to it) which was also sent to older users asking for it. Jennifer did that till two years ago.Craig,
Send me a mail at andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com, I could send you a link to the 875 installation file. Of course, you’ll have to recover the registration key from your earlier installation.Send me a mail at andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com, I could send you a link to the 875 installation file. Of course, you’ll have to recover the registration key from your earlier installation.
Mike,
I just made an inventory of what I have in hands:– Mainly two official versions: 504/872 (26/08/2014) and 504/875 (25/11/2014) – both with OptiFingering (optionally licensed)
– Two demo versions: 504/809 (11/10/2013) and 504/858 (08/07/2014) – both without OptiFingering – they cannot be activated with the license numberAnd I obtained recently the installation file for 504/875 (at that time, only new users received it, existing users could download an Update).
I have also one for each demo version.Yes, Encore 504 runs on Windows 11. Someone else here had difficulties to start and introduce the licence code, and I gave a hint for it.
Actually my Windows 11 is an upgrade from W10, where Encore was already installed before.I didn’t locate the installation file, except that of the demo version. But I should check further on all of my backup disks (first find the inventory!)
Best preserve your installation libraries and registry settings, on your old computer. There is a method I think of which might work, but I cannot reinstall W11 from scratch to test it and loose a lot.
I could help you in trying, send me an e-mail on andre(dot)baeck(at)gmail(dot)com.
