Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

[Guest Steve Lohmeyer]

I used to run Cakewalk 3.0 music sequencing software on my old 446 machine

running Windows 95.

 

I now have it installed on my Celeron PC running on Windows XP. It works

just fine there too.

 

In betweeen, I installed it on a Pentium II (or was it III?) machine running

Windows 98. It worked fine there too.

 

Here's the problem: I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right. But when I

launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical

symbol font."

 

I'm not sure what that error means, but I can sure see the results.

 

On the screen, in all the places where I would expect to see music symbols

(notes, rests, time signatures, etc.) I get goofy symbols (squares, diamonds,

scissors, etc.).

 

I tried reinstalling the software. Same results.

 

I tried installing the software on another office machine also running on

Windows 98. Same results.

 

Thinking the program disk might have been corrupted, I made a copy of the

software from my working machine at home and tried installing it. Same

results.

 

No music. Just "ERROR: Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

Here's what is maddening: Cakewalk worked just fine an MY old Windows 98

machine.

 

Here's the difference (I think): When I got my Windows 98 machine I copied

the ENTIRE hard drive from my old Windows 95 machine to my then-new Windows

98 machine. I didn't re-install any of the software.

 

I figure some file, some patch, some SOMETHING came over in the transfer ...

something that is needed so that Cakewalk CAN add the Staff View Musical

symbol font.

 

In case it helps, I believe I have correctly identified the file which

contains the musical symbol font. It's called "TTSNOTE.TTR" [and it's

accompanied by files called "TTSNOTE.FOR" and "TTSSEQ.INI" and "TTSSEQ40dll"

-- I'm not sure what they do].

 

What could I add, delete or change on the Windows 98 machine at work so that

it WILL add the Staff View musical symbol font? so that I see notes, rests,

time signatures, etc. instead of squares, diamonds, and scissors?

 

Steven S. Lohmeyer

[Guest MEB]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

 

"Steve Lohmeyer" <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:2C4A879C-C69B-4FE7-BA10-62260A7C5AA0@microsoft.com...

| I used to run Cakewalk 3.0 music sequencing software on my old 446 machine

| running Windows 95.

|

| I now have it installed on my Celeron PC running on Windows XP. It works

| just fine there too.

|

| In betweeen, I installed it on a Pentium II (or was it III?) machine

running

| Windows 98. It worked fine there too.

|

| Here's the problem: I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

| computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right. But

when I

| launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the Staff View

musical

| symbol font."

|

| I'm not sure what that error means, but I can sure see the results.

|

| On the screen, in all the places where I would expect to see music symbols

| (notes, rests, time signatures, etc.) I get goofy symbols (squares,

diamonds,

| scissors, etc.).

|

| I tried reinstalling the software. Same results.

|

| I tried installing the software on another office machine also running on

| Windows 98. Same results.

|

| Thinking the program disk might have been corrupted, I made a copy of the

| software from my working machine at home and tried installing it. Same

| results.

|

| No music. Just "ERROR: Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

|

| Here's what is maddening: Cakewalk worked just fine an MY old Windows 98

| machine.

|

| Here's the difference (I think): When I got my Windows 98 machine I copied

| the ENTIRE hard drive from my old Windows 95 machine to my then-new

Windows

| 98 machine. I didn't re-install any of the software.

|

| I figure some file, some patch, some SOMETHING came over in the transfer

....

| something that is needed so that Cakewalk CAN add the Staff View Musical

| symbol font.

|

| In case it helps, I believe I have correctly identified the file which

| contains the musical symbol font. It's called "TTSNOTE.TTR" [and it's

| accompanied by files called "TTSNOTE.FOR" and "TTSSEQ.INI" and

"TTSSEQ40dll"

| -- I'm not sure what they do].

|

| What could I add, delete or change on the Windows 98 machine at work so

that

| it WILL add the Staff View musical symbol font? so that I see notes,

rests,

| time signatures, etc. instead of squares, diamonds, and scissors?

|

| Steven S. Lohmeyer

 

 

Let's start with a simple question. Are you authorized to install software

on your work computer?

 

 

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MEB

http://peoplescounsel.orgfree.com

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[Guest PCR]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

"Steve Lohmeyer" <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:2C4A879C-C69B-4FE7-BA10-62260A7C5AA0@microsoft.com

| I used to run Cakewalk 3.0 music sequencing software on my old 446

| machine running Windows 95.

|

| I now have it installed on my Celeron PC running on Windows XP. It

| works just fine there too.

|

| In betweeen, I installed it on a Pentium II (or was it III?) machine

| running Windows 98. It worked fine there too.

|

| Here's the problem: I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

| computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right.

| But when I launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the

| Staff View musical symbol font."

|

| I'm not sure what that error means, but I can sure see the results.

|

| On the screen, in all the places where I would expect to see music

| symbols (notes, rests, time signatures, etc.) I get goofy symbols

| (squares, diamonds, scissors, etc.).

|

| I tried reinstalling the software. Same results.

|

| I tried installing the software on another office machine also

| running on Windows 98. Same results.

|

| Thinking the program disk might have been corrupted, I made a copy of

| the software from my working machine at home and tried installing it.

| Same results.

|

| No music. Just "ERROR: Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol

| font."

|

| Here's what is maddening: Cakewalk worked just fine an MY old Windows

| 98 machine.

|

| Here's the difference (I think): When I got my Windows 98 machine I

| copied the ENTIRE hard drive from my old Windows 95 machine to my

| then-new Windows 98 machine. I didn't re-install any of the software.

|

| I figure some file, some patch, some SOMETHING came over in the

| transfer ... something that is needed so that Cakewalk CAN add the

| Staff View Musical symbol font.

|

| In case it helps, I believe I have correctly identified the file which

| contains the musical symbol font. It's called "TTSNOTE.TTR" [and

| it's accompanied by files called "TTSNOTE.FOR" and "TTSSEQ.INI" and

| "TTSSEQ40dll" -- I'm not sure what they do].

|

| What could I add, delete or change on the Windows 98 machine at work

| so that it WILL add the Staff View musical symbol font? so that I see

| notes, rests, time signatures, etc. instead of squares, diamonds, and

| scissors?

 

Presuming you are authorized to do this & before MEB places you under

arrest...

 

(1) Does the Font folder work...?...

 

(a) "START button, Settings, Control Panel, Fonts"

(b) In the File menu, is the item "Install New Font" lit

& apparently usable?

© How many fonts are in the folder?

(There is a limit of about 800. I have only 116.)

 

(2) Does the folder have the System attribute...?...

 

(a) "START button, Programs, MS-DOS Prompt"

(b) ATTRIB C:\Windows\Fonts

Mine shows...

C:\>ATTRIB C:\Windows\Fonts

S R FONTS C:\Windows\FONTS

© If yours is different, then turn on S & R...

ATTRIB C:\Windows\Fonts +S +R

 

(3) Is there a Policy Setting that prevents adding a font...?...

 

Open the Registry to...

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Exp

lorer

 

....this way... "START button, Run, RegEdit", &...

 

(a) Click plus signs, beginning left of "HKEY_CURRENT_USER",

& ending left of "Policies".

(b) Click "Explorer" in the left pane, & look in the right pane.

Those are the "policies".

© Use the Registry menu to "Export Registry File".

Create a text file, & post it for examination.

 

WARNING: Do not get carried away in the Registry. It is very important

to the proper functioning of Windows. Muss it badly, & you must boot to

DOS & "Scanreg /Restore". Then, choose the date of the last successful

boot from the five offered.

 

| Steven S. Lohmeyer

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:04:04 -0700, Steve Lohmeyer

<SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> put finger to keyboard and

composed:

>I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

>computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right. But when I

>launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical

>symbol font."

 

"I receive a message that the Musical Font can not be found":

http://www.cakewalk.com/support/new%20faq/font.html

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:16:51 -0400, "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> put

finger to keyboard and composed:

>"Steve Lohmeyer" <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>message news:2C4A879C-C69B-4FE7-BA10-62260A7C5AA0@microsoft.com

>| I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

>| computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right.

>| But when I launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the

>| Staff View musical symbol font."

>|

>(1) Does the Font folder work...?...

>(2) Does the folder have the System attribute...?...

>(3) Is there a Policy Setting that prevents adding a font...?...

 

TweakUI can also repair the Font folder.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

Steve Lohmeyer <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Here's the problem: I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

>computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right. But when I

>launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical

>symbol font."

>

>I'm not sure what that error means, but I can sure see the results.

>

>On the screen, in all the places where I would expect to see music symbols

>(notes, rests, time signatures, etc.) I get goofy symbols (squares, diamonds,

>scissors, etc.).

 

Because the missing font has the notes, rests, time signatures, etc.

for your sheet music. When that font can't be found, the OS tries to

use the most similar one that it can find. For most things, that works

fine. Clearly, for this it doesn't.

 

The most likely reason for this is that the system administrator at

your office doesn't allow you to install things, like fonts. Probably,

with a more complex or up-to-date program, the installation wouldn't

even have gotten started. This program probably needs no registry

settings, nothing to set off the alarms (many programs work that way,

but not big, complex ones). But the font installation gets blocked.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(DTS)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Guest PCR]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

news:tdlqc35hjj2dc0l8bfa7fj2u7hec7oj2sm@4ax.com

| On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:16:51 -0400, "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> put

| finger to keyboard and composed:

|

|>"Steve Lohmeyer" <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

|>message news:2C4A879C-C69B-4FE7-BA10-62260A7C5AA0@microsoft.com

|

|>| I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

|>| computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right.

|>| But when I launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add

|>| the Staff View musical symbol font."

|>|

|

|>(1) Does the Font folder work...?...

|

|>(2) Does the folder have the System attribute...?...

|

|>(3) Is there a Policy Setting that prevents adding a font...?...

|

| TweakUI can also repair the Font folder.

 

Thanks, Zabcar. I personally never installed that. I see you have found

a FAQ for Lohmeyer-- very good! Still, as it is an office machine, there

YET may be a policy setting for him to adjust on the day he gets out of

prison!

 

| - Franc Zabkar

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| Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

 

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Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:07:59 -0400, Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov>

put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Steve Lohmeyer <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

>>Here's the problem: I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

>>computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right. But when I

>>launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical

>>symbol font."

>>

>>I'm not sure what that error means, but I can sure see the results.

>>

>>On the screen, in all the places where I would expect to see music symbols

>>(notes, rests, time signatures, etc.) I get goofy symbols (squares, diamonds,

>>scissors, etc.).

>

>Because the missing font has the notes, rests, time signatures, etc.

>for your sheet music. When that font can't be found, the OS tries to

>use the most similar one that it can find. For most things, that works

>fine. Clearly, for this it doesn't.

>

>The most likely reason for this is that the system administrator at

>your office doesn't allow you to install things, like fonts.

 

The OP tried it at home with the same results.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Dan]

Re: Error Msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical symbol font."

 

Is the operator set up like my computer was set up with VPN access to the

work's intranet and that is why there are grayed out area such as for now I

cannot limit the ram usage in 98SE because that option is grayed out because

my 98SE machine side is now a part of the work's domain as well as the XP

side being the primary part of the work's domain. Actually, I intended just

for the XP Pro. side to be work related but the 98SE side not wanting to be

left out came along for the ride much to my disappointment. I guess there is

no way to easily remove the 98SE side of my computer from the domain of APS

is there? Anyway, it is just a thought about the op home pc being part of

the work network and therefore also being subject to its limitations.

 

"Franc Zabkar" wrote:

> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:07:59 -0400, Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov>

> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>

> >Steve Lohmeyer <SteveLohmeyer@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >

> >>Here's the problem: I recently tried to install Cakewalk on my OFFICE

> >>computer, which still runs on Windows 98. It installed all right. But when I

> >>launched the program I got this error msg: "Cannot add the Staff View musical

> >>symbol font."

> >>

> >>I'm not sure what that error means, but I can sure see the results.

> >>

> >>On the screen, in all the places where I would expect to see music symbols

> >>(notes, rests, time signatures, etc.) I get goofy symbols (squares, diamonds,

> >>scissors, etc.).

> >

> >Because the missing font has the notes, rests, time signatures, etc.

> >for your sheet music. When that font can't be found, the OS tries to

> >use the most similar one that it can find. For most things, that works

> >fine. Clearly, for this it doesn't.

> >

> >The most likely reason for this is that the system administrator at

> >your office doesn't allow you to install things, like fonts.

>

> The OP tried it at home with the same results.

>

> - Franc Zabkar

> --

> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

>