Here is the error I get: Could not open output file C:\Program Files\brailleblaster\programData\settings\ about.properties Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at org.brailleblaster.util.FileUtils.copyFile(FileUtils.java:126) at org.brailleblaster.BBIni.<init>(BBIni.java:170) at org.brailleblaster.BBIni.initialize(BBIni.java:79) at org.brailleblaster.Main.main(Main.java:51) I am running BB from my repository folder, not from Program Files. It doesn't seem this hard-coded path won't work. Best regards from Ohio, Vic