BAK trouble

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BAK trouble

2024-08-29 03:49 pm

I’ve lost a score but have a BAK file that I can’t open. Suggestions?

Re: BAK trouble

Reply #1 – 2024-08-29 05:18 pm

Copy the .bak file to a .nwc file?

Or navigate to the .bak file, <Right+Click> and choose "open with" and select NWC

Re: BAK trouble

Reply #2 – 2024-08-29 10:03 pm

I am getting an error message that NWC does not recognize the file type BAK. 😔

Re: BAK trouble

Reply #3 – 2024-08-29 11:10 pm

Curious, mine works fine... (I'm using the 2.8 beta 1 version)
Anyhow, the full filename is of the form Songname.nwc.bak - just remove the .bak part.

Re: BAK trouble

Reply #4 – 2024-08-30 06:08 pm

If the file name ends with .nwc.bak, then NWC can open it. If it ends only with .bak, then NWC refuses to open it. Solution: You have to either rename it to ....nwc or to ....nwc.bak, then you can open it.

H.M.

Re: BAK trouble

Reply #5 – 2024-08-30 10:24 pm

That was the trick. Thanks to all who made suggestions!