Something is very wrong with your setup, as REACT will auto-close that dialog automatically, so that the logfile is made. Please reconfigure REACT with your EAC setup by pressing CTRL+F2 and see if the problem persists. If the problem dosen't go away, then i'm affraid that i cannot help you unfortunetly and you must then wait for Tycho to come to your rescue. Good idea, Martin! At least that made it act a bit differently Now I get two consistent log errors in flac: - unable to extract resolution and color info from file (that's new... and the file is fine) - can't open file AND the log file is definitely NOT created, and the dialog box is NOT auto-closed. I'm running on a duo-core XPSP2 laptop. I tried reducing the "simultaneous background thread" count to one, but that didn't change anything. I tried turning off run-in-background, but ctrl-F2 reconfigure turned it back on so I assume it is required. Anybody else have ideas? I feel sooo close yet so far away Thanks muchly for all suggestions! MrPeteE:\media\Music\eac>IF 1 == 1 SET Cover_tag=--picture="|image/jpeg|||E:\media\Music\eac\The Passionate Pursuit.jpg" E:\media\Music\eac>C:\apps\media\audio\REACT2\tools\flac.exe -5 -f --replay-gain --picture="|image/jpeg|||E:\media\Music\eac\The Passionate Pursuit.jpg" -T "artist=Scott Wesley Brown" -T album="The Passionate Pursuit" -T totaltracks="11" -T date="1991" -T genre="Worship" -T comment="Created with EAC/REACT2, 2007-02-27" -T encoded-by="Pete" -T encoding="Flac 1.1.3 -5 -f" --tag-from-file="cuesheet=E:\media\Music\eac\Scott Wesley Brown - [1991] The Passionate Pursuit.cue" --tag-from-file="eaclog=E:\media\Music\eac\The Passionate Pursuit.log" "E:\media\Music\eac\Stmp54266.wav" -o "E:\media\Music\eac\Scott Wesley Brown - [1991] The Passionate Pursuit.flac" ERROR: (--picture) unable to extract resolution and color info from file, user must set explicitly Type "flac" for a usage summary or "flac --help" for all options ERROR: (--tag-from-file) can't open file for tag value Type "flac" for a usage summary or "flac --help" for all options (PS: If I could, I'd change my handle to MrPete which is how i'm known elsewhere )