Empty Window after loading a CD

[Zapatoo_the_Tiger]

A couple of days ago, I loaded a CD, but the Express Rip window showed nothing at all.

 

The CD was in the D: drive.

 

I stopped and re-started Expres Rip and tried another CD - all was fine.

 

I have since closed the PC down and re-started it.

 

The symptom is now that Express Rip does not recognise any audio CD (even ones that worked recently), whether in the D: drive or my other drive (E:)

 

I have had the product for round about a year now and not had any problems before - presumably the product doesn't "expire" after a year, does it?!!?

 

I use Windows 7 Professional and have been running Express Rip in 32-bit Compatibility mode for a few months.

 

The system does recognise the D: drive (I'm spinning a CD on it now).

 

This is what the window looks like with a disk loaded into drive D:

 

Express Rip (empty window)

[Zapatoo_the_Tiger]

Any help appreciated...

 

Thanks

[Zapatoo_the_Tiger]

I forgot to add that, before displaying the empty screen, it does go through the "Connected to musicbrainz/freedb server" ritual, but only (I think) once, just after Express Rip has loaded.

 

I've just noticed that selecting any link from within the <Audio> tab of the NCH Toolbox doesn't do anything, but since I haven't tried this before, I don't know if that's connected to the problem.

 

Help!

 

Thanks again.