yeah that's nice ben, but why can't i find that rapidshare link containing the script in your post? i just noticed that the gc command does not execute from a toolbar (created via drap&drop). after reading the maxscript online help, i feel considerably more stupid now but didn't solve it.
just learned this recently from a programmer at work and by using it regularly i have greatly increased the stability of max. while using max, certain scripts and plugins, as well as even certain functions of max itself create memory leaks, to clear all memory, and the undo buffer type gc() in the lower left hand corner(in…
From our in house scripter there's also a maxScript for this that will do all these steps for you, give you the option of saving as a different name and return the file sizes before and after... Main UI -> All Commands -> Fix File Bloat I put it on my toolbar.