Are you on max9?
yes, 32bit sp1, extension1
have you tested to delete the 3dsmax.ini ?
no, not yet…what would that do, sounds scary, hehe
I have just deleted it today, and I’m not dead 
eheh.
just some things to reset in your preference, but nothing critical, you can also save your UI and some preferences things to be sure.
But I had this kind of prob last days and this solve my probs.
well, I wanted to try deleting that 3dsmax.ini, but where is it? There is not anything called that in my max9 root…
All of a sudden now, I cannot save, save as, or render a scene I’ve been working on fine until yesterday! Grrrr..:evil: (because max tries to save right before rendering.)
Thanks
Your max9 ini is likely in you User folder in “C:\Documents and Settings\…”
For your file I would try merging the scene into a new file.
thanks, i found it to be a corrupt max file 