Mark, I would not waste any more time on this. I would downgrade to XP as you will see your performance dramatically increase when running Windows XP SP3 over Vista and everything will install and work as it should. As a last try, you could call Cakewalk and see if they can get Dimension installed and running for you on Vista. On the other hand, you could have downgraded your OS to Windows XP by now and have installed everything and have it all working by now, smile. Even Microsoft themselves admit that Vista is not all that it should be. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions, Music And Audio Production Telephone: US (615) 713-2021 UK+44-1747-821-794 Mobile: UK +44-7968-136-246 E-mail: info@xxxxxxxxxxxx URL: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Brierley To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:08 AM Subject: [ddots-l] dimension pro Hi guys I did post about this problem earlier this week, and have since made some progress, but I have now encountered a new problem. Basically I'm trying to install both Dimension Pro and Rapture on my Vista machine. When I first tried it last weekend, I couldn't see the setup.exe files on the discs. But since I have discovered that if I choose to view hidden files and folders I can see the files. But now I can see them, I can't click on them and activate the install wizards. It is obviously something to do with Vista. But these programs must run on Vista, surely! It is very frustrating, because I do really want to use Vista and not downgrade to XP. Has anyone had this problem themselves. Any ideas on how to fix. Just thought I'd ask. Any help welcome. Cheers, Mark