I'm afraid the nice answer from EF was useless... :( Not only that, but the issues they do cite could - and should - be addressed in ANY program. It's not hard to design a system which does NOT leave a critical file, esp. a small one, open in a state where corrupt would/could occur when the app itself crashes. Programming 101. And as for not being able to determine what the key folder names are on different language versions of the OS is equally pathetic. Most sadly, this message implies that eF Technical Support doesn't know under what condition this dialog is displayed either! > Interesting that there are so many theories what causes this. In the face of this, what else can we do, but theorize? Sad, sad...