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In the interest of cleaning house recently, I moved my master folder of all things Max/MSP/Jitter from where it sat on my desktop, into another folder (also sitting on my desktop).

Now, when I use a Dropfile object and drop for example a .mov file that always worked fine before into it, only a truncated version of the filepath is registered in the Drop file, for example,"robot1.mov(and it's full filepath)" shows up as "1.mov"--that's it--no filepath, etc. Now, if I move that same .mov to sit lose on my desktop (not it's previous location mind you-it was still within my master Max/MSP/Jitter folder--I just moved the whole shebang into this other folder) and then drop it into a Dropfile object, it works fine. So, I tried manually typing in the filepath for the .mov as it lived in my Max folder and it wouldn't read it. So, of course, I moved the whole folder back to the desktop just as before, and . . .it STILL doesn't work! It's as if now all of a sudden, anything in my master Max/MSP/Jitter folder can't be found--even if I manually type in the filepath. If I move said .mov or whatever (I've tried everything) OUT of this folder to, well, ANYWHERE else, it works--both with Dropfile and with typing the path in manually! I haven't included a patch 'cause well, it's not patch-specific. I'm a noob and must be missing something. Any ideas?

Hi,
In the interest of cleaning house recently, I moved my master folder of all things Max/MSP/Jitter from where it sat on my desktop, into another folder (also sitting on my desktop).
Now, when I use a Dropfile object and drop for example a .mov file that always worked fine before into it, only a truncated version of the filepath is registered in the Drop file, for example,"robot1.mov(and it's full filepath)" shows up as "1.mov"--that's it--no filepath, etc. Now, if I move that same .mov to sit lose on my desktop (not it's previous location mind you-it was still within my master Max/MSP/Jitter folder--I just moved the whole shebang into this other folder) and then drop it into a Dropfile object, it works fine. So, I tried manually typing in the filepath for the .mov as it lived in my Max folder and it wouldn't read it. So, of course, I moved the whole folder back to the desktop just as before, and . . .it STILL doesn't work! It's as if now all of a sudden, anything in my master Max/MSP/Jitter folder can't be found--even if I manually type in the filepath. If I move said .mov or whatever (I've tried everything) OUT of this folder to, well, ANYWHERE else, it works--both with Dropfile and with typing the path in manually! I haven't included a patch 'cause well, it's not patch-specific. I'm a noob and must be missing something. Any ideas?
Thanks.

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That's really awkward. Does this happen with dropfile's help file as well? Could you post a patch.

Yes, to answer your question, it happened with the Dropfile Help as well. But, I believe I've stumbled upon the issue---my master folder as I describe, that contains my patches and any files used in them was called "MAX/MSP/Jitter". If I make a new folder, for example I called it "maxtest" and then another called "maxtest2" and drag all the contents of "MAX/MSP/Jitter" into it, then things seem to work fine(including the Dropfile Help patch which is in it's default original location in the Max folder in applications--I haven't moved any of that stuff ever). Could the folder name "MAX/MSP/Jitter" be the problem somehow? Or perhaps that folder got "broken" somehow . . .

EDIT: well it seems to be all in the name. I made a new folder called "MAX/MSP/Jitter" and it still had the same issues. If I change the name of it to anything else, like "MAX stuff" or "Bob" it all works fine! It appears that it is the "/"s in my folder name. What's weirdest, is it WAS working before I moved it, but whatever . . . back to work!

Ah ha!
Yes, to answer your question, it happened with the Dropfile Help as well. But, I believe I've stumbled upon the issue---my master folder as I describe, that contains my patches and any files used in them was called "MAX/MSP/Jitter". If I make a new folder, for example I called it "maxtest" and then another called "maxtest2" and drag all the contents of "MAX/MSP/Jitter" into it, then things seem to work fine(including the Dropfile Help patch which is in it's default original location in the Max folder in applications--I haven't moved any of that stuff ever). Could the folder name "MAX/MSP/Jitter" be the problem somehow? Or perhaps that folder got "broken" somehow . . .

EDIT: well it seems to be all in the name. I made a new folder called "MAX/MSP/Jitter" and it still had the same issues. If I change the name of it to anything else, like "MAX stuff" or "Bob" it all works fine! It appears that it is the "/"s in my folder name. What's weirdest, is it WAS working before I moved it, but whatever . . . back to work!


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