You shouldn't need to do anything quite that drastic in this case. Just reset the preference as Stephen described.
It's quite common for scripts to temporarily toggle this setting off to avoid popping lots of PPGs while running, and then toggle it back on when finished. However, sometimes a script fails to turn it back on, or quits abnormally, and the preference is left changed.
As Luc-Eric points out, as of v5.1 XSI doesn't allow scripts to permanently change that pref, so you shouldn't see this setting getting mysteriously switched off anymore.
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf
Of Adam Sale
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 7:50 PM
To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: Re: ppg
its a behavior I have seen as well.
Something to do with the users folder
c:users\softimage
I delete it and the next time you open XSI your prob wil be resolved.. be careful though to back up anything you need, script or toolbar wise that reads from your users folder...
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: Wayne Williams <wayne(at)tripwireinteractive.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 3:14 pm
Subject: Re: ppg
> If you hold down ctrl while you are doing something that would pop
> up a ppg,
> it will toggle the ppg's popping up off. Sometimes though, my
> ppg's just
> magically quit showing up and something has toggled that option
> off without
> me having held down ctrl or switched that options in the prefs.
> -wayne
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Blair" <Stephen_Blair(at)Softimage.COM>
> To: <XSI(at)Softimage.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 6:07 PM
> Subject: RE: ppg
>
>
> > There is a preference that controls this behavior. Check that
> the "Popup
> > Property Editors on Node Creation" check box is selected:
> >
> > File > Preferences > Interaction > Property Editors/Views > Popup
> > Property Editors on Node Creation
> >
> > Or just run this VBScript in the script editor:
> >
> > SetValue "preferences.Interaction.autoinspect", True
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-xsi(at)Softimage.COM]
> On Behalf
> > Of carl
> > Sent: Wed 22 November 2006 6:01 PM
> > To: XSI(at)Softimage.COM
> > Subject: ppg
> >
> >
> > Ok, my problem is that I no longer get pop up windows when i try to
> > modify anything. For example, if I press shift+D the settings window
> > that is supposed to let me control how many subdivisions and
> whether I
> > can make it an edge loop does not pop up. It's like that for
> everything,> if I add a material, i can't control anything about
> it, and so on. How
> > do I fix this?
> >
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