Bill, what windows version do you use? And what versions of glib etc?I am trying to find out why things do not crash for you, but do crash for me.For me:Windows XP SP2glib: 2.12.12.0gthread: 2.12.12.0glibmm2.4-1: no version information. filesize = 9.314.151 bytesany other libs that are important?Thanks!Johan