that fixed the issues - thanks

Scott

I run Helicon Remote on my laptop - it produces a folder with a name like "2023.01.03_001"
I then use a thumb drive to transfer the folder to my desktop machine )a much more powerful machine) - if I put the folder in ~/Downloads
before I start Helicon Focus the folder is deleted during the Focus ...

why does Focus delete the folder containing the source files when you exit?