This message was posted by Steve I on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/1102/2.html#000028 Tricia, I lost my hoop database on one of the updates and couldn't bring up any hoops. A reinstall did not work that time but it may work for you. Another interesting thing happened a while back, My computer was acting strange (more than normal). I installed a new hard drive and reloaded all the programs. When I got DS loaded and opened, all of the strange things that were happening with it were gone. No more locking up, I had hoops again, no more crashing. I suppose it may have done the same thing If I would have uninstalled and cleaned out registry entries in the old hard drive and then put a fresh install of DS in. Steve I. Trinity Embroidery =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================