Is there a quick way (perhaps a script) to reset the floating window positions for max (and the same for maya). It can be a right pain in the arse faffing around trying to get the material editor to show up again after you unplug a second monitor.
Another way to solve this: When you are renaming 3dsmax.ini you will also loose all your other custom settings like user pathes, render options, etc... To avoid this, make a backup of 3dsmax.ini and then start to edit the original 3dsmax.ini with notepad, wordpad, ... Each window positions and sizes are stored in the ini…