strange text problem

hi all,

a strange problem when creating a new 'text' object and also opening the text.maxhelp either from finder or option-clicking:
max does not seem to know it (max window says "no such object").
when i look for text.mxo and double click it, after then i can normally create the object itself and open help file normally...
must be some path problem - but what one?

thanks and regards,
reso