Got it!

WIn 98, if a synch fails, then emplode closes the database window after you whack the error message. If you then try to reconnect, it fails and the connection window stays closed. If you exit from emplode, then re-start, it will not run beyond the splash screen.

Kill the process, then re-boot, then re-connect, it will work first time.
Done this twice now on 1.0.

Implication; something doesn't get cleaned up after a synch failure, and something gets left in memory (DLL?) which is not unlinked until a reboot.

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