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In my patch I use a few coll's. And suddenly )while working on version 3) the coll's lost their in- and outputs and double-clicking them a (random?) subpatch opens instead of a content-editor. Sometimes, for an unknown reason, I manage to recreate the coll, but sometimes I do not and creating a coll again opens a subpatch.

In my patch I use a few coll's.  And suddenly )while working on version 3) the coll's lost their in- and outputs and double-clicking them a (random?) subpatch opens instead of a content-editor. Sometimes, for an unknown reason, I manage to recreate the coll, but sometimes I do not and creating a coll again opens a subpatch.
Does this sound familiar for someone?

In my patch I use a few coll's.  And suddenly )while working on version 3) the coll's lost their in- and outputs and double-clicking them a 

not-able-to-create-a-coll

That problem is very frequent by new max users,

not knowing that saving a patch using same name as max external

I saved patch named coll in max search path,

containing subpatcher named coll, which contains coll object:

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sure it does.
That problem is very frequent by new max users,
not knowing that saving a patch using same name as max external
often disables the external.
Did you have no errors in max console ?
this is worst case :
I saved patch named coll in max search path,
containing subpatcher named coll, which contains coll object:

Great help. Completely logical. Completely solved!

Great help. Completely logical. Completely solved!
Thanks a lot.

not able to create a coll