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Paul Moran
10-15-2004, 09:44 AM
Hey All,

Im working on a scene ...all of a sudden everytime I try a save as i get a pop up saving that it cannot save ....ok...fine...i restart maya and get an error:

***** Error: Unable to parse header for userPrefs.mel

Then all my shelves are pretty much gone and it looks like Maya is back to fresh UI :(

What has happened ?? Is there any way to get it back to how i had it ??

As you can imagine ...very frustrating ...

Thanks for your help!!

Paul
MunCHeR
10-15-2004, 10:07 AM
Is there a syntax error in your userSetup.mel file? any scripts you've added recently, maybe paste the contents of the file here.

Cheers

MunCH
Paul Moran
10-15-2004, 10:16 AM
after the error reading ...my userPrefs.mel reads as follows:


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So, i went to my recycle bin and thankfully ...userPrefs.mel is there, I restore it and relaunch Maya...

Now Maya opens fine with no whinging ...but my shelves are still gone :( ...very weird ..

Attached is the userPrefs.met file that i restored from my recycle bin

Cheers for any help mate!! :)

FILE HERE (http://www.vfxtalk.com/share/userPrefs.mel)
MunCHeR
10-15-2004, 10:27 AM
sorry I got confused, I must be dislexic hehe, maybe delete (make a copy somewhere first) your maya folder in "docs" and start maya again, process of elimination and readd your various scripts ets.

MunCH
Paul Moran
10-15-2004, 10:49 AM
every now and then i keep getting this:

************
file -save;
updatePanelLayoutFromCurrent "Current Layout";
// Error: Could not save file. //

************

Anyone know why ???
misterdi
10-15-2004, 11:00 AM
Probably a write priviledge problems?.
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