I did a re-install of Max 2009 Design and the extensions for Cat and Creativity and Service Pack 1.
Now when I open a file Max is looking for a sound file that relates to Pro Sound. I opened several versions of the same file with the same results. I don’t recall importing a sound into a still project. 
Is there a recommended order of install on the above mentioned?
Already uninstalled the above mentioned extensions and service pack.
Regards, Tom

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Is there a recommended order of install on the above mentioned?

I’m not sure if it should matter, but I expect it would be best if they were installed in the order of their release dates. I know the creativity extension came before CAT, not sure if SP1 was before or after CE, I think the SPs and hotfixes have a date attached to them.
I’d like to know how it goes because I may be heading for a reinstall myself. I had problems with my workstation last week, Windows related, not Max, and the only option I can see left to solve it is to wipe my hard drive and start from scratch. I’m not sure what happens with activating Max again after doing that. I wanted to, as a safety net, transfer my Max licenses to another machine, in case things don’t go according to plan, but as things are the only way I can do anything with the machine is to start it in safe mode, and the PLU doesn’t seem to run in safe mode, when I click it in the start menu, nothing happens.

Hi Damab,
I did the reinstall of the problem files and no avail. But I remembered a way to ditch a bogus file. I created a new file and did a merge of all the geometry from the Max file in question and viola all is well. Not sure what happened but I am just glad I do not have to model the entire scene again.
Regards, Tom

Dell XPS 8100
Intel I 7, 860 @ 2.80 Ghz 8 cores in the task manager
16 GB ddr3 Ram
NVidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5 Gig ram PCI Express
NVidia GeForce 8400 GS 512 MB ram PCI
Nitrous and Shade back and forth 850 Watt Black Widow
Cache memory 8 Megs
Sata 7200, 1.5 TB
Sata 7200, 1.0 TB
4 @ Samsung Sync Master SA550 LED 27” Widescreen Monitors
64 Bit Windows 7 Home Premium

Creativity Extension has Service Pack 1 included…

“
This Creativity Extension includes all previous public Hot Fixes released for Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 and Autodesk 3ds Max Design 2009, including Service Pack 1.
“

Comes from PDF “Creativity Extension Readme”

3ds Max Design 2009
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16GB RAM
Quadro FX 5800
SAS RAID 5

Thanks for the info.
Tom

Dell XPS 8100
Intel I 7, 860 @ 2.80 Ghz 8 cores in the task manager
16 GB ddr3 Ram
NVidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5 Gig ram PCI Express
NVidia GeForce 8400 GS 512 MB ram PCI
Nitrous and Shade back and forth 850 Watt Black Widow
Cache memory 8 Megs
Sata 7200, 1.5 TB
Sata 7200, 1.0 TB
4 @ Samsung Sync Master SA550 LED 27” Widescreen Monitors
64 Bit Windows 7 Home Premium