Can I make changes to my collection outside of the MCM, by editing the collection file in a text editor?
No and yes. (Read on.) No, in the sense that if you edit the collection file outside of the MCM environment, you risk corrupting the file in such a way that you may not be able to open the file the next time you try to do so with the MCM. Yes, in the sense that the collection file is a text file, in XML format, which can be opened and modified by any text editor. In other words, there is nothing, physically, that prevents you from opening the collection file with, for example, Notepad, and making changes. It is recommended that you do not modify the collection file outside of the MCM program. However, if you decide to ignore this recommendation, please: 1. Make a backup copy of the collection file before you start your editing, so that should you inadvertantly corrupt the file (which you will know you have done when the MCM reports that it cant open the collection file), you will at least be able to copy back the saved copy of the file, so that you can get back to where things were bef
