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I'm fairly new to MAX/MSP. I'm currently running v4.5.6 on Windows XP.

Recently I installed the Percolate objects. I copied the Percolate objects into Common Files/Cycling74/Externals and the Percolate help folder into the Max-help folder (as suggested by the readme file). 2 problems came out of it.

1. Previously available options such as File Preferences have now disappeared. How can I restore them?

2. The new objects aren't detected within Max/MSP (or maybe I'm not looking in the new place. What is the right way of installing external objects?

missing-file-preferences

Ok I managed to figure out how to use the external objects within MAX/MSP (and the corresponding help files too). However, the few options like File Preferences are still missing

I'm still not able to restore the missing options under the Options dropdown menu. I know some instructions have been provided in this forum, but so far, the ones I've come across are only for Mac. Any advice for someone running Max/MSP on Windows XP? Thanks

Try deleting your preferences and then restarting MaxMSP

c:Documents and SettingsYour usernameApplication DataCycling'74

Please note that "Application Data" is an invisible folder and may need to be made viewable.

I've deleted the files and restarted Max/MSP but the options are still missing. Is there anything else I can do?

> Ok I managed to figure out how to use the external objects within

> MAX/MSP (and the corresponding help files too). However, the few

> options like File Preferences are still missing

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Finding out yourself is very satisfying... (and the docs help ;-)

Justin wrote:
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> MAX/MSP (and the corresponding help files too). However, the few
> options like File Preferences are still missing 

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I'm aware of my post appearing as symbols. I've tried looking up the documentation for my problem, and I've also tried Andrew's suggestion of deleting the Max preferences. However, I'm still facing the same problem. There are a number of items which are missing from the Options menu such as File Preferences, Colors, Performance Options.

Missing File Preferences