My 3ds Max 2014 does not start anymore. It may be related to my laptop crashing a few days ago because of battery problems, but I thought I started Max succesfully afterwards.
The first time it would not start I got the message saying /AppData/Local/Autodesk/3dsMax/2014 - 64bit/ENU/en-US/UI/Workspaces/usersave/workspace_1__usersave__.mnux is invalid
After clicking OK I got the mesage that an error occurred and the application will now be closed. Do you want to save a copy of the current scene.
I then removed the usersave directory, assuming Max would use the default configuration, and that did remove the mesage about the file being invalid, but I still get the message that an error occurred and the application will be closed.
I then put the usersave directory back and overwrote the workspace_1__usersave__.mnux file with the default one and renamed it. Still no change, the message about the file being invalid was gone, but the application still did not start.
Finally I did repair and eventually reinstall Max, but even that does not solve the problem.
I hope someone can tell me what to do, because obviously a product update based on my problem report will take some time. I found someone with the same problem, but unfortunately, no answer:
http://www.crydev.net/viewtopic.php?f=326&t=104961