Millsey,
Thank you for responding so quickly. I apologize for not getting back to read your response. I have been swamped with projects and have come across yet more problems with the NCH suite of programs... I'll have to set myself a reminder to check back for updates.
First, I will address the original problem of dictations reappearing.
It seems that (and I am still testing) if in the Settings page on the Options tab, if we check both "Prompt for Data" and "Use Additional Prompt", we do not see notes reappearing. The only visible difference to the file names (as viewed in