fiddler,

You don't mention what your operating system is. It sounds like you are using either Windows Vista or 7 and that you have the User Account Control (UAC) activated. It also sounds possible that BIAB and RB might be installed under c:\program files. You can see if UAC is a problem by going to Control Panel >> Users and deactivating it. UAC will stop temporary files writing to your hard drive. It's part of an antivirus strategy. Unfortunately, UAC does not distinguish between good and bad temporary files all that well. I deactivated UAC 18 months when I was having similar issues. Since then, all has worked well with only the odd hiccup.

Note: If you don't have Vista or 7 or you have deactivated UAC then there is no point reading the below. I typed the following on the off-chance that it might be useful given that I have no idea what OS you are running. (It might also be a 32-bit/64-bit issue, but I shan't address this in this post.)

One thing that I also did was to reinstall the programs off the root directory (c:\bb, c:\realband) and when I ran the install file, I right-clicked on the file and chose the option "Run as Administrator". This helps give the program clearances that are recognized by Windows. The interesting thing with Windows is that even though one logs in with administrator privileges at boot up, these are not automatically transferred to running programs unless specifically indicated.

Lastly, it is also possible to give an existing program administrator privileges without reinstalling. (I didn't know that at the time I reinstalled.) This has been mentioned a couple of times in the forums, but I believe that one needs to locate the start-up file (bbw.exe in c:\bb), right-click on it and then set administrator clearance. Hopefully someone in the forums who knows how to do this will chime in and tell you how it's done.

In the meantime, here's a bit of information that I found in the PGMusic FAQs about UAC...

http://www.pgmusic.com/techfaq20.htm#100

Hope this helps,
Noel

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