note syphilis <i>Maybe I had a wrong version of MINGW</i><br><br>It's probably a 32-bit version of MinGW - which will still work fine on your 64-bit system, btw.<br>But there are incompatibilities between the 32-bit binaries it builds/uses and the 64-bit binaries that Strawberry builds/uses - and it's one or more of those incompatibilities that has bitten you in this instance.<br><br>I'm pleased it's finally working. Thank you for the feedback.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Rob 1001132 1001223