The timing seems right for Media Player 9 to be causing the "invalid directory for saving files" problem. I think getting album information and having the graphics save to the Limewire "saving" directory may reset a switch in software. Or is it the "Manage my Licenses" setting in WMP 9? I'm not sure. Currently I have one folder for saving and one for sharing and playing, and I'm not getting the problem (knock on wood). If someone else has experimented with the different settings and permutations of WMP it would be good to know. Keeping WMP from playing any of the files in my "saving" folder is a simple enough workaround for now. Thanks for your suggestion, trap_jaw.