Short of uninstalling and reinstalling does anybody have any suggestions on how this problem can be rectified.?

Re-install is your first option - you need to get on with that task.

http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/2405.page
Subject: PowerDirector - information we request and tasks to carry out.
PART C

Dafydd

THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN SENT TO CYBERLINK TECHNICAL SUPPORT

I recently purchased and downloaded PD7 and I have attempted to produce several slide shows. In many instances there is no problem however in relation to one type of slide show I cannot avoid the following message,

"Runtime error!" "Program PDR.exe" "Abnormal Program Termination"

I have uninstalled and reinstalled PD7 twice and still get the same message.

To recreate the situation I make the following comments.
Import and bring down 50 photographs to the timeline
Select all
Slideshow
Highlight
Next
(System produces slideshow and offers preview window)
(I play the slideshow - all looks good)
Next
(System applies slideshow to time line)
Produce
create file
next
.AVI
Profile type = DV-AVI
Profile name/Quality = PAL
CLVS
tick apply Cyberlink VirtualSpeaker
Living Room
OK
Next
File to be called Produce.avi
File Type:AVI
Codec: DV-AVI
video Size: 720X576
Duration: 00:03:22:00
Aspect ratio: 16:9
tick Enable preview during production
Start rendering
System goes through rendering process
at 77% the error message appears and system closes down.
I have selected 30 other photographs and system closed down at 88%
I have selected a different 50 Photographs and the system closed down at 66%
I have selected 50 Photographs and changed the slide show to "Cell" reducing the duration of the clip to 42seconds. The file was produced successfully.
I have selected 176 Photographs and changed the slide show to "Cell" changing the duration of the clip to 01:42:00. The file was produced successfully.
I have selected 50 Photographs and changed the slide show to "motion" clip length is 00.03.22:00. The clip was produced Successfully.
In conclusion:
It appears that the problem is producing slideshows where the "Highlight" option is used. As you saw I tried 30 photographs and 50 photographs and in both cases the error message appeared.
I would appreciated your assistance
Thank you

I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

Hi BrianM,

Sorry, cannot reproduce your issue, followed your instructions to the letter, DV-AVI file successfully created, using Highlight Slideshow

Robert Intel i7 930, 16GB ram, Radeon HD 5770 1Gb,Ver. 14.12 Win7 64 bit
Intel i7 7700 HQ, 16 GB ram Nvidia GTX 1050Ti 4GB dual drives 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD Win 10

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Thanks RobertJ....just by the way....do you have SP2 or SP3 and I wonder if that would make a difference?? I'm here for a good time, not a long time.

XP Pro SP3 Intel i7 930, 16GB ram, Radeon HD 5770 1Gb,Ver. 14.12 Win7 64 bit
Intel i7 7700 HQ, 16 GB ram Nvidia GTX 1050Ti 4GB dual drives 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD Win 10

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damn..that was quick...LOL
I'm here for a good time, not a long time.