hey sky.... have you by chance switched from meta 9.1 or 9.2 back to 9.0......and if so, did the move involve changing your realtime vendor...... and if so, do you have all 3 versions on the same computer.... the downloader can't find the xml document 'SectorsAndIndustries90'....... that xml doc appears to be just for our benifit but both the downloader and meta need it ...... the symbol database is a dta file, 'SymbolDatabase90' for version 9...... can you look in the downloader folder for both those...... SectorsAndIndustries90 xml and SymbolDatabase90 dta ..... the spelling has to be exact with no spaces.....h

hey sky..... restarting your computer once or twice then restarting meta should reload the 2 files which should clear the error.... you've probably already done that.... i'll study on it some more...... windows, assuming your using microsoft, will remember certain instructions, settings and capabilities given when you first start up meta untill the computer is shut down..... if for some reason there was a glitch , even though the files are there, the program might not see them because the time for lookin is past, the start up..... as is happening.... it's similar to why we must restart meta after adding a new dll..... even though the dll is clearly in the folder, meta can't see it cause it checks the dll folder at start up and not after..... someone that has multiple versions of metastock on the same computer and uses the quick switch method to switch from version to version, will get the same type errors.... those 2 files are version specific and require restart..... i'll study on it some more....h

Pyradius & Hayseed, I tried all of your suggestions, without luck. I put in my MS CD and reloaded MS, and that did the trick. I think you were right in that the registry somehow got messed up. Anyway, I am up and running. Thanks for your help guys.