WILLIE,
I removed it from my system and did a fresh install. No change to report, and that surprises me a lot.
It is using a secondary temp file as it should, and I have no plug-ins associated with it.
The installation did not prompt me to register with Adobe.
I have not had a problem recording, and as recently as a month ago I recall making changes on an
original recording that did save and burn to CD.
It will take some time to find exactly when this problem began, and whether recordings I made last January and worked on in, say April or later are any good or not.
This has been a real downer for me, and I do appreciate your response,
Wyatt