How to open an auto-crashing patch?

rbedgar@stanford.edu's icon

I believe I coded a closed loop into a patch, and now Max automatically crashes when I try to load it.
Is there a way I can open the patch without running it, so I can edit it before it closes itself down?
Thanks

MIB's icon

If it's a loadbang issue:
press command+shift while your open the patch on Mac, ctrl+shift on
windows. This will disable the loadbang.

rbedgar@stanford.edu's icon

Exactly what I needed, that worked perfectly, patch now fixed. Thanks.

readywater's icon

You can also manually edit the patches in a text editor with some cases, just be careful and make a backup.