Hi,
Since 3dsMax2013, I believe the location of the 3dsmax.ini has been moved when you are running 3dsMax in UseUserProfiles=0 mode, ie: non vista user-profile specific (running in app root mode)
ie: in Deadline log reports, I am seeing this a lot:
0: INFO: Using user profiles: 0
0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\3dsMax2013x64
0: WARNING: 3dsmax ini file does not exist: C:\3dsMax2013x64\3dsmax.ini
0: INFO: Network log file: C:\3dsMax2013x64\Network\Max.log
0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\3dsMax2013x64\en-US\plugin.ini
0: INFO: Including user profile plugin ini: C:\3dsMax2013x64\Plugin.UserSettings.ini
0: INFO: Lightning connection plugin: C:\Users\owenm\AppData\Local\Thinkbox\Deadline6\slave\WIN7X64\plugins\lightning64Max2013.dlx
0: INFO: 3dsmax socket connection port: 2100
Users running 3dsMax in ‘normal’ user profile mode are fine, as this example shows:
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: Using user profiles: 1
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: 3dsmax user profile path: C:\Users\remote\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: 3dsmax data path: C:\Users\Local Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: 3dsmax ini file: C:\Users\remote\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\3dsmax.ini
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: Network log file: C:\Users\remote\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsmax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\Network\Max.log
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: Plugin ini file: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\3ds Max 2013\en-US\plugin.ini
2013-07-30 13:57:45: 0: INFO: Not including user profile plugin ini because it does not exist: C:\Users\Local Administrator\AppData\Local\Autodesk\3dsMax\2013 - 64bit\ENU\Plugin.UserSettings.ini
So, I think as of Max2013+ (can someone check Max2012 for me? as I know Max2011 was not like this), the “3dsmax.ini” file location for “UseUserProfile=0” mode should be language specific, such as:
C:\%max_root%]\en-US\3dsmax.ini
where “%max_root%” is wherever a user may have done a custom install of 3dsMax to.
and then that WARN message should go away 