Hi again guys...

Thanks a lot for all this attention to my issue. I appreciate it.
And thanks for John taking the time to check this out too.

Guys i know the issue lies with the plug-in effects because the application tells me so. While loading, it says in the bottom left corner of the status bar that it's "gathering list of live effects". This is where the long delay occurs.

The .xar file is 8.5 MB. It's a Website. Maybe it's just a case of this file being very large for a Xara file and i'm not use to waiting that long for a Xara file to be opened? I think i'm spoiled from the old days. LOL

Mark...