When I start metro objects they send out one bang and then freeze (if connected to a bang object, then bang turns black then stays black). I have no idea what is causing this. I have tried reinstalling, and have even tried using the 4.3 beta, same issue. I am on windows 7, using 4.2.5 extended by the way.

I'm kind of desperate for help as I was using Pd for uni work that needs to be finished soon .

Does it occur every time you start a [metro]? Like, if you have a patch with just a [metro] and a [tgl] to turn it on, nothing else, does it still freeze? If so, I don't know what the problem could be, but if not, then it might be something else with your patch.

Happens every time so it's not patch specific. I did follow a tutorial to compile an external before it happened. I don't know much about it but could I possibly have altered some libraries used by pd in the process?

@oli90 said:

.. could I possibly have altered some libraries used by pd in the process?

My suggestion is to uninstall pd .. then check by date-range what files remain from that period.

ie. you know roughly when you first installed it, and any relevant files you come across and wish
to save can be moved to a separate directory ..

Then reinstall, and hope for the best

@moog1 said:

@oli90 said:

.. could I possibly have altered some libraries used by pd in the process?

My suggestion is to uninstall pd .. then check by date-range what files remain from that period.

ie. you know roughly when you first installed it, and any relevant files you come across and wish
to save can be moved to a separate directory ..

Then reinstall, and hope for the best

Could you elaborate on this? How do I know which files are associated with pd specifically?

@oli90 said:

..How do I know which files are associated with pd specifically?

As I say .. use the 'file search' with the appropriate 'date-range' .. you can always look in the
'pd archive' if you're not sure about a file..
I'm not a 'windows guru', as I use linux, but it might help.

As I recall, windows has a more complicated mechanism for configuration than linux .. the registry
Did you put any extra paths or 'start-up' configs .. I should check that too.