>>> Now, each time that I open the StylePicker, the application wants to go off to find the styles.

Perhaps you are running in a non-admin mode, and BB isn't able to write files to the hard drive.
Try saving a file (song) to the BB folder to see if that is the case.

If it is, run in admin mode, or turn of UAC, or run this patch that sets folder permissions....
http://www.pgmusic.com/support_windowsupdates.htm#usb_hd_patch_2009


Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.