# Shave and Haircut load plugin error on Maya

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/shave-and-haircut-load-plugin-error-on-maya/460687>\
**Category:** Plugins\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, Installation, Plugins, question, load-error\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/shave-and-haircut-load-plugin-error-on-maya/460687 "2020-01-17T23:34:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Teysak1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Teysak1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Teysak1)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/shave-and-haircut-load-plugin-error-on-maya/460687/1 "2020-01-17T23:34:02Z")

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Hello Guys,  
I’m a student of animation and fairly new to this hub, so my apologies if I choosed the wrong section. I’m trying to make some fur for Unreal. I recently installed the current version of Shave and Haircut (9.6v21) plugin for Maya 2018, but in Plugin Manager, on load it throws this error.

_// Error: file: C:/Program Files/Autodesk/Maya2018/scripts/others/pluginWin.mel line 290: initializePlugin function failed (shaveNode)_

I installed it using the instructions from the manual and can’t find the source of the problem. I’ve tryed to reinstall and googled for a solution, but can’t find anything related to this problem, not even in documentation from Epic’s GitHub.

What can be done to fix this?

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**Author:** ![Dank\_Heehaw](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@Dank\_Heehaw](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/Dank_Heehaw)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/shave-and-haircut-load-plugin-error-on-maya/460687/2 "2023-03-23T15:21:10Z")

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Hi, by any chance do you have the Shave and Haircut plugin still with you