Hi Jason,
 
	 
 
	Thanks for your help... that is so weird, no idea why that has happened. I have now un-ticked read only on all the xml files and the good news is, it's now starting, although very slowly. It also tried to install v 9.5 but the install failed and said access denied.  Weird thing is, when I start LB it says welcome to v9.5. Any ideas?