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the prefs directory, your original preferences will be maintained and Maya
will create a new prefs directory the next time it is run.
2 Rename your existing user preferences file to a different name; for
example, myprefs. The prefs directory path is:
Windows
(Windows XP)
\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\maya\
2009\en_US\prefs
(Windows XP 64bit)
\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\maya\ 2009-
x64\en_US\prefs
(Windows Vista)
\Users\<username>\Documents\maya\2009\en_US\prefs
(Windows Vista 64-bit)
\Users\<username>\Documents\maya\2009-x64\en_US\prefs
Mac OS X
/Users/<username>/Library/Prefer
ences/Autodesk/maya/en_US/2009/prefs
Linux (64-bit)
~<username>/maya/2009-x64/en_US/prefs
NOTE If you are running the Japanese version of Maya, change en_US in the
above directory paths to ja_JP.
If you have a previous version of Maya installed, also rename that prefs
directory to a new name such as myprefs. Maya will load older preferences
if they exist from a previous version.
3 Start Maya and begin the Getting Started with Maya lessons.
To restore your custom user preferences after doing the lessons
1 Ensure Maya is not running.
2 Rename the previously changed preferences back to prefs.
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