Please note:

This is a list of the minimal plugin set that I've found for using MAX, but I haven't actually bothered to update it since MAX 2.5, I think.

I don't actually have access to any of these plugins any longer. I don't use MAX anymore. I will not send you any of these plugins under any circumstances, nor will I even bother to answer emails requesting that I do. If you don't have one of these plugins for some reason, then just stick your installation CD into your CD drive, and repair your MAX installation.

Anyhow, MAX runs just fine with a reduced set of plugins. There probably isn't anyone on the planet that needs to have the full set of plugins loaded. Removing the plugins that you don't use will increase the stability of MAX, reduce startup time, increase performance, and reduce the memory load. That's a win all around, no?

Good luck.

stdplugs

ApplyVC.dlu
cbrowser.dlu
comsrv.gup
comsrvui.dlu
Convert.dlm
ctrl.dlc
CurveControl.dlu
CustAttribContainer.dlo
EditPatch.dlm
emproxy.dlo
EPoly.dlo
falloff2.dlt
grid.dls
gsphere.dlo
helpers.dlo
IKLimb.dlc
IKSys.dlc
imgalpha.flt
jpeg.bmi
kernel.dlk
mods.dlm
mtlgen.dlt
MultiRes.dlm
MXSActiveX.dlx
MXSAgni.dlx
MXSCurveCtl.dlx
PluginManager.gup
png.bmi
prim.dlo
procmap.dlt
rend.dlr
rendvue.dlr
RmProxy.dlo
samplers.dlh
shaders.dlb
shape1.dls
stdfilt.bmf
stdstor.bms
STL.DLM
targa.bmi
tif.bmi
UMaxFind.dlu
update1.dlo
utility.dlu
uvwunwrap.dlm
VertexPaint.dlm
x_mesh.dls

plugins

biped.dlc
biprc.str
Collector.dlu
MapPath.dlu
MAXtremeStereo4.dlu
physiqrc.str
physique.dlm
UVRemove.dlu