[Dx4win] DX4WIN unable to open program

[Dez Watson]

Running DX4WIN version 8.05 in Vista Home Premium 32 bit here and have 
had NO problems for 3 ~ 4 years.
However over the past two days I have not been able to run DX4WIN.

On opening the program I get a Microsoft WIndows error message pop-up 
saying,

"DX4WIN.exe main program has stopped working.

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.
Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available."



One weird thing I've discovered is, if I remove my licence key file 
(G0DEZ_lic.dx4w8) from the DX4WIN folder,
the program will open as expected in Demo mode.

Could my licence key file have gotten corrupted, or is there a conflict 
with a recent Windows update, or something
else? Interested to hear if anyone else is having similar problems since 
about 17 April when my problem seemed to start.

I have performed a System Restore to a point 3 weeks ago but still 
cannot open DX4WIN with my licence key file present.

Any ideas?

Dez, G0DEZ / G3WW