Is this a networked or standalone installation? If networked, does the error occur on other machines (if it happens on one it should on all).

There is a problem with the xml report (and perhaps with others), where did it come from? If copied from another system it may have been designed in a way which is specific to the designer's setup & will not run on yours. Possibly it was written for a different version than you are using

Does the error actually stop recorder from running?

If you remove the xml files from your reports folder Recorder should run, but obviously you will not be able to use the reports. Somebody who understands the report structure ought to be able to identify what the problem is, from looking at your system and the report. Maybe post the version number of your copy of recorder on here, along with an attached copy of the xml report?

Copied over the XML files from the installation disc but still get the same set of errors stating that the xml file could not be parsed, catastrophic failure.

Also, used CCleaner to clear registry after uninstalling Recorder 6 but it had no effect.

The errors will not affect the way Recorder runs by the way, they just mean you can't use the reports & batch updates, but they will happen on startup every time if the files are there.

That's interesting but way out of my league I am afraid. Never seen that sort of error before. There have been all sorts of problems with registering dlls in the past, mostly corrected in later versions. Wouldn't be comfortable advising you on any particular course of action though. Mike Weideli should be back from leave next week & might be able to advise more.

There are very few circumstances in which it is necessary to install old versions of Recorder 6 now that the latest version of the install files are available for download. Basically, you should be installing SQL Server (2005, 2005 Express, 2008 or 2008 Express) and then version 6.17 of Recorder 6 using the install files you can download. The standalone installation guide available from http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4595 contains the download links for both network and standalone installations, instructions for installing SQL Server 2008 Express and for a standalone installation of Recorder 6. Version 4.1 of the guide is also available from the Installation section of http://www.recorder6.info/. You are advised to use this version rather than version 4 which is in the Documentation folder in the Recorder 6 download. V4.1 contains the download links, v4 doesn’t. The current download will install Recorder 6 version 6.17.2.251, dictionary version 0000000Y.

Although SQL Server 2012 is available, we don’t yet recommend it for use with Recorder 6 because of the problem mentioned at http://www.recorder6.info/page11.html .

What version of SQL Server did you install? If you installed the one on a v6.13 disk (issued June/July 2008) you will have installed MSDE, Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine, the Express version of SQL Server 2000. Existing installations are supported when used with SQL Server 2000, or its free run-time version, MSDE, but Recorder 6 should no longer be installed with this version. Whilst I am not exactly sure what problems will arise, I am not surprised that there are problems with a MSDE/v6.13 installation. If I remember correctly the MSDE xml reports and batch updates had to be changed to run with later versions of SQL Server so the ones that come with v6.17 will be all right but not the ones that came with v6.13.

When installing Recorder 6 with Windows 8, it is important to take note of the following information from http://www.recorder6.info/page11.html , ‘The installation program is not currently detecting Windows 8 so to allow R6 to run it is necessary to change the installation folder to one on which the user has full read and write permissions.’ This means that at step 20 in the installation guide you need to change ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Recorder 6’ to ‘C:\Recorder 6’ or another folder with full read and write permissions. Windows 8 blocks access to some files and folders in C:\Program Files (x86) which prevents Recorder 6 from performing some of the functions it needs to perform. Choosing ‘C:\Recorder 6’ as the installation folder instead of ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Recorder 6’ avoids this problem.

Version 6.18.1 was issued in February – see http://forums.nbn.org.uk/viewtopic.php? … 82#p16482. Please note that new install files won’t be made available for v6.18 so users will need to install v6.17.2.251 then upgrade. Also, several dictionary upgrades have come out since the v6.17 installation files were made available: 0000000Z to 00000014 for v6.17 and 00000015 to 0000001S for v6.18. Note that 00000015 to 0000001S will fail if you haven’t upgraded to v6.18. For detailed instructions on upgrades see the Help in Recorder 6. V6.19 has been issued as a candidate release, for a few users to test. The official version for all users will be issued before too long.