Olivier Sebillotte

today, after some crashes with Max5.0.5, I have this error message in max's window at startup.

and my recent files list contains only one item.

how to I fix this without trashing all my pref?

bad-argument-for-recent-fil-error

Given that there was no answer in this thread for a couple of years, I'm not sure what to expect...

However, I have quite the same problem. For some weird reason, after starting Max (5.1.9), I get the following error message in the Max Window:

And the list of recent files is empty. The weird thing is that I've had no crashes etc. lately, this just "started to happen". Is there any way to fix this?

OK, nevermind, I solved it. It turns out that I'm working with patches located in folders containing unusual characters (like 4'33" or 2'45"), and Max got confused...

"bad argument for recent fil" error