# Logik Matchbook installation / machbox icons are gone in the BFX & Batch tab **URL:** \ **Category:** Flame Questions\ **Tags:** matchbox\ **Created:** [January 18, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499 "2023-01-18T13:00:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![darok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@darok](https://forum.logik.tv/u/darok)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/1 "2023-01-18T13:00:57Z")
After moving the Z8 from CentOS 7.6 to Rocky 8.5 I was reinstalling the Logik Matchbook. Installation worked fine but after starting Flame I noticed that the Matchbox tab in BFX and Batch are completly empty. The Matchbox’s are still working I can load them with right click but I didn’t find a solution the get the icons back…having a chat with Autodesk support and checking the Matchbox path again looks like the only solution would be to reinstall Flame and not install the Logik’s again. Any idea on that? Best Roger ---
**Author:** ![Sonste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Sonste](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sonste)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/2 "2023-01-18T13:23:11Z")
Your answer may be here. > [@Matchbox nodes are gone in Node Bin and also in FX Nodes](https://forum.logik.tv/t/matchbox-nodes-are-gone-in-node-bin-and-also-in-fx-nodes/7298): > > Hi guys, For some unknown reason, I have lost my matchbox nodes either in the Node Bin and the Fx Node Bin. I tried to set the directory through the preferences menu, where there’s an option to set the path, but although they are all there, they are not being loaded. As I couldn’t reload them I thought, ok, let’s reinstall flame, but it detects the version is already installed and it does not go ahead. Any idea or suggestion on how to see again the nodes in the bins? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![darok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@darok](https://forum.logik.tv/u/darok)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/3 "2023-01-18T13:27:58Z")
Autodesk support told me, that after uinstalling Flame you have to manually delete the folder /opt/Autodesk/presets/2023.3/matchbox/ and then reinstall Flame ---
**Author:** ![darok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@darok](https://forum.logik.tv/u/darok)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/4 "2023-01-18T13:30:02Z")
What could also work is to set the Matchbox shader path to a previous installed version…I think support even tested that… As I have a complete new installation with 2023.3 I wasn’t able to test that… ---
**Author:** ![mlheureux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/mlheureux/32/572_2.png) [@mlheureux](https://forum.logik.tv/u/mlheureux)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/5 "2023-01-26T16:31:23Z")
I am also seeing this on my end on Centos Flame 2023.3. The matchbox bin doesn’t have the shader icons but using the right click you can add them and they work. Not sure if anyone found a solution to this yet? ---
**Author:** ![darok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@darok](https://forum.logik.tv/u/darok)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/6 "2023-01-26T16:37:44Z")
I wrote Julik about the issue… In the meantime Mark from Autodesk made this available: > **[Matchbox Tab in Batch and BFX is empty after installing Logik Matchbox Shader...](https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/flame-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcarticles/Matchbox-Tab-in-Batch-and-BFX-is-empty-after-installing-Logik-Matchbox-Shader-Collection-plugins-for-Flame.html)** > > After installing the Logik Matchbox Shader Collection plugins for Flame 2023.3, the Batch and BFX node bin is empty. The node bin is not empty for previous installed versions of Flame such as 2023.2. To avoid this behaviour use one of the... ---
**Author:** ![mlheureux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/mlheureux/32/572_2.png) [@mlheureux](https://forum.logik.tv/u/mlheureux)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/7 "2023-01-26T16:53:47Z")
Thanks! I’ll first try to just move the path to an older version. I don’t feel like re-installing at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![darok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@darok](https://forum.logik.tv/u/darok)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/8 "2023-01-26T17:45:49Z")
Me neither… Roger Koller Owner / Visual Effects Artist RoDo Works AG Plattenstrasse 44 8032 Zürich Phone +41 44 521 25 40 Mobile +41 79 308 6411 [www.rodoworks.ch](http://www.rodoworks.ch) ---
**Author:** ![kyleobley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyleobley](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kyleobley)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/9 "2023-01-27T06:17:27Z")
This might be related to some matchboxes from Logik that seem to freak Flame out. Try downloading them again then removing tpo\_cas and then restart Flame. That fixed it for us. ---
**Author:** ![darok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@darok](https://forum.logik.tv/u/darok)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/10 "2023-01-27T08:26:32Z")
Fixed it here as well! Cool, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Ryland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba8739/32.png) [@Ryland](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Ryland)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/11 "2023-01-27T19:14:10Z")
@tpo seems like your new matchbox shader is causing some grief ⬆ ---
**Author:** ![tpo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tpo](https://forum.logik.tv/u/tpo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/12 "2023-01-27T19:55:28Z")
Feel free to remove from the Website guys, i dont see that option on my end otherwise i would have done by now. Stills seams strange to me that one matchbox can affect all others or node UI on Flame. Super strange. I dont use node-bin for matchbox anyways, might be that i didnt verify. Matchbox itself has been working just fine ---
**Author:** ![Sinan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/sinan/32/155_2.png) [@Sinan](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Sinan)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/13 "2023-01-27T21:15:35Z")
I think it’s the missing xml file throwing the system off ---
**Author:** ![mlheureux](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/mlheureux/32/572_2.png) [@mlheureux](https://forum.logik.tv/u/mlheureux)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/14 "2023-02-02T20:20:37Z")
awesome! That’s working here as well. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/jeff/32/9305_2.png) [@Jeff](https://forum.logik.tv/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/15 "2023-05-15T16:07:40Z")
Writing this solution here too for future reference: As a small update to this I managed to figure out how to upload an .xml to tpo\_cas so for all future downloads of the Logik matchbox shaders, this shader shouldn’t create the empty matchbox bin anymore. ---
**Author:** ![kily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kily](https://forum.logik.tv/u/kily)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/16 "2026-07-24T21:30:51Z")
Has there been any update on this issue? It’s affecting me as well, and I haven’t been able to fix it using any of the suggested solutions. Here’s my setup: Rocky Linux 9.3, recently installed and basically a clean system. Flame 2026.1 works without any issues. I updated a few days ago 2026.2.3, but the matchbox’s bin is empty. In batch in action. I’ve deleted the Matchbox tpo matchbox, completely removed the Logik folder and reinstalled it, on both versions. I’ve repeated the whole process several times, deleting the tpo each time. Nothing works. I’m out of ideas, other than reinstalling this version of Flame, which I’d really rather avoid. thanks ---
**Author:** ![philm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.logik.tv/philm/32/9286_2.png) [@philm](https://forum.logik.tv/u/philm)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.logik.tv/t/logik-matchbook-installation-machbox-icons-are-gone-in-the-bfx-batch-tab/7499/17 "2026-07-24T23:06:02Z")
Can’t comment other than: Adsk rocky 9.7 Flame 2027.1.0 I guess that might actually be two comments