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Jinny: Ok, problems I've had with install … The first time I ran SETUP.EXE, it seemed to install the software correctly, but the intall froze the machine before exiting. I didn't trust that installation, and deleted the Simply3D Program group and programs from Windows, and deleted the Simply3D directory from the hard disk. Since then, attempted reinstallations just freeze with the opening blue screen of the SETUP.EXE intallation. Nothing is copied from the CD ROM. I *hand-copied* all the programs from the CD, guessing where the files and directories are supposed to be ( a tech support person I spoke to from VisSoft promised to email a file contianing the correct file and directory structure of a correctly installed Simply3D, but hasn't so far), and seem to be able to run the program, BUT, ig I ever want to reinstall it, I don't think I could, as that first installation put the system-oriented files where they're supposed to go (in the \WINDOWS and \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directories, I assume), and I doubt that I could do *that* by hand. My thinking is is that either the Setup procedure has some bugs or that there is something wrong with the CD ROM physically. To recapitualate: Original attempt at installation froze towards the end. Attempted reistallations freeze at the start. What I've managed to do myself seems to work ok, so far. I'm concerned about what happens if something happens to my hard drive and I have to reintall the program. Oh yeah! I've skipped entirely the nightmare of the Simply3D intall apparantly doing something to the hard disk boot files. I think I was so traumatized by that that I'm blocking it out of my mind. Luckily, that didn't