There is something strange. I had tried in the past to click the shortcut, then the executable directly in the folder. I had also tried by right clicking as admin on both executables. It never worked. Yesterday I ran through DOS prompt as you indicated, and since then, if I just click my shortcut, I no longer receive the LAME error.... Seems like all is ok on that front. I still have to load LAME through DOS or I get an error when I load my mp3. It makes me load the song, choose the frequency, and from there it should generate my song. Instead, it makes me choose my song a second time and I get an unsupported OGG file message. Thanks for you time and help. It is much appreciated!