specific patch always ask if to save even when no changes been made

F_Dos's icon

I have specific patch in MAX that when I opened it and without make any changes it always ask me if to save when close.

It also has the dot that show as if a change was made although no change made. Why is that?

How to fix it?

TFL's icon

Many things can cause this, like a [loadbang] or [loadmess] causing an embedded [coll] or [dict] to be edited, or an object with "initial enable" enabled gets its value changed , or a [pattr] object with @dirty enabled, or maybe you send a dirty message to [thispatcher] somewhere...

Jean-Francois Charles's icon

To fix it, you could study your patch and take care / get rid of what causes the dirty state. Or you could go quick n dirty, and use the 'clean' message to [thispatcher]:

Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.