Meade

I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but somehow everything that usually lies below DSP status in the options menu (Colors, File Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection) has disappeared. I recently did a fresh install of Max, so perhaps this is a feature in the most recent version?

Without the File Preferences option, how do I access Max's search paths?

I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but somehow everything that usually lies below DSP status in the options menu (Colors, File Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection) has disappeared.  I recently did a fresh install of Max, so perhaps this is a feature in the most recent version?

file-preferences-etc-disappeared-from-options-menu

file preferences is actually a patch that is usually located in your "patches" folder.

paches >preference editors>file preferences.pat

did u move your patches folder by any chance ?

Quote: cage wrote on Mon, 21 January 2008 18:54

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> I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but somehow everything that usually lies below DSP status in the options menu (Colors, File Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection) has disappeared. I recently did a fresh install of Max, so perhaps this is a feature in the most recent version?

> Without the File Preferences option, how do I access Max's search paths?

file preferences is actually a patch that is usually located in your "patches" folder.
paches >preference editors>file preferences.pat

Quote: cage wrote on Mon, 21 January 2008 18:54
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> I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but somehow everything that usually lies below DSP status in the options menu (Colors, File Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection) has disappeared.  I recently did a fresh install of Max, so perhaps this is a feature in the most recent version?
>
> Without the File Preferences option, how do I access Max's search paths?
>
> Thanks for the help.
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On 21 janv. 08, at 18:54, Meade Bernard wrote:

> I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but somehow everything 

> that usually lies below DSP status in the options menu (Colors, File 

> Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection) has disappeared. 

> I recently did a fresh install of Max, so perhaps this is a feature 

> Without the File Preferences option, how do I access Max's search 

If you made a clean install and that the files are there (mainly in 

the /Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/patches folder, assuming that you're on a 

Mac), you should trash the preferences (in ~/Library/Prefernces/Max 

4.6 Preferences), and also make sure that you didn't add anything bad 

in the /Applications/MaxMSP 4.6 folder (something with a "/" in their 

> I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but somehow everything  
> that usually lies below DSP status in the options menu (Colors, File  
> Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection) has disappeared.   
> I recently did a fresh install of Max, so perhaps this is a feature  
> in the most recent version?
>
> Without the File Preferences option, how do I access Max's search  
> paths?

If you made a clean install and that the files are there (mainly in  
the /Applications/MaxMSP 4.6/patches folder, assuming that you're on a  
Mac), you should trash the preferences (in ~/Library/Prefernces/Max  
4.6 Preferences), and also make sure that you didn't add anything bad  
in the /Applications/MaxMSP 4.6 folder (something with a "/" in their  
name i. e.).

trashing the preferences fixed it. Thanks for the help!

trashing the preferences fixed it.  Thanks for the help!


This has come up on a number of occasions. Did you

perhaps put Max into a folder called 'Max/MSP' ? 

Slashes in the file path are a no-no; try 'Max-MSP'

> I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but

> somehow everything that usually lies below DSP

> status in the options menu (Colors, File

> Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection)

> has disappeared. I recently did a fresh install of

> Max, so perhaps this is a feature in the most recent

> Without the File Preferences option, how do I access

This has come up on a number of occasions. Did you
perhaps put Max into a folder called 'Max/MSP' ? 
 Slashes in the file path are a no-no; try 'Max-MSP'
or something similar,
cheers
Roger

>
> I'm having trouble with search paths in Max, but
> somehow everything that usually lies below DSP
> status in the options menu (Colors, File
> Preferences, Performance Options, Text Selection)
> has disappeared.  I recently did a fresh install of
> Max, so perhaps this is a feature in the most recent
> version?
>
> Without the File Preferences option, how do I access
> Max's search paths?
>
> Thanks for the help.
>


no slashes in the file path that I can see. Max is in a file called MaxMSP. But, deleting the max preferences file seemed to do the trick. Thanks for letting me know about the slashes though... that's good to know for the future.

no slashes in the file path that I can see.  Max is in a file called MaxMSP.  But, deleting the max preferences file seemed to do the trick.  Thanks for letting me know about the slashes though... that's good to know for the future.


File Preferences etc. disappeared from Options Menu