Max: Dual Monitors to One.

Murdoc

Hey,

Ok so I had two monitors going and now I am down to one... the problem is max isn't showing all the editors and such I had on the second one... probably because it still think it's there.

My display properties are proper, but 3dsmax doesn't recognize I am back to one... anyway for me to tell it to? I've tried resetting back to default, which got me the command panel back, but all the floaters are still out there.

Thanks,

Mark Dygert

You'll have to move the menu's back manually using keyboard shortcuts to activate the window move tool.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/bring-misplaced-off-screen-windows-back-to-your-desktop-keyboard-trick/

Note: For keyboard savvy people, you can just alt-tab to the window, use Alt+Space, then M, then Arrow key, and then move your mouse.

Murdoc

Thanks man, I'll give it a shot at home.

renderhjs

this is a classy,- it would be nice if either microsoft or discreet/autodesk would finally fix this - or in other words finally provide a software environment that is capeable of multi- monitors.

monster

3Dmax.ini in the max folder stores the positions of more common windows. (Layers, Material Editor) You can find them in there and just delete the individual lines that hold those positions.

Some windows like the Curve editor are stored per file, you can just delete them from the menu and make a new one.

renderhjs

its just that here at home I have the same with the windows audio volume mixer (the default one)- I cant move it over to the other screen- its the only windows panel/window though I am aware of that has this bug.
In the past I used ulstramon it has some shortcuts to switch windows or panels to the current or neighbour window and some other neat tools.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

Ott

Depending on which version of Max you are using, you can just delete the 3dMax.ini file. Max will create a new one at startup and remove all of your settings back to default.

I know this works on older versions, but I am looking for it on 3dsMax2008 x64 and I can't seem to find it