Hi guys,
Again, I appologise for the frustration.... I found the MPLAB.txt mentioned in the manual - not on the disc but in the PBP directory - no info about setting the path variable there though. However, I found this page on the MELABS site where it says to restart the system after changing the path... I didn't do that before....Now I have and I AM able to compile from the command line which ineed is a step in the right direction. Still no go with MCSP though.

Perhaps I need to switch to MPLAB as the IDE. I really do (did) like the seamless workflow that MCSP offers though, I'd be prepared to pay for it again if they made it work properly on newer computers/OS's

/Henrik.