Hi Andrew,
thank you for trying to help.
I'm running Win7 64 bit?.
( sorry I'm not all that computer literate)
I checked system 32 directory & I did find

" ACM-compatible MP3 codec, l3codecp.acm. "

but alas it still won't work.

My new win7 laptop, has had issues that I hadn't encountered in my old XP laptop.
Anyway, not worry, if I have to use 3rd party software, so be it.

Thank You for trying to help


best wishes
rikki

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