Inexplicably, RH now works. After numerous attempts to open projects created with RH8 and creating new ones, all of which crashed with an ugly error message, RH now works.
I will simply tell you what I did immediately before opening RH again and having it work, without attempting interpretation or conjecture.
Immediately before the strange events that I recount occurred, I had tried to open or create RH8 projects, with the same consequence: crash!
Then I opened RH8 thinking that there was a function on the RH8 splash page menus to "peel away" the most recent patches. (I read on another forum that this functionality exists, though I have yet to find it.)
Not finding this function, I clicked Help>On Starter. This booted the Air help interface. As it was starting, however, RH downloaded a bunch of files, some of which were html files. There seemed to be others aside from html files.
After these files downloaded, the Air Help interface activated. I didn't see anything there to help me, so I closed it.
I then tried one last time to open a previously succesful RH8 project.
As it loaded, I held my breath waiting for the message of dying code to display.
To my shock and utter dismay, the project opened and -- wonder of wonders - stayed open.
I clicked various menus waiting for RH8 to terminate at each click. Success all the way.
Finally, I tried what I thought was sure to fail: create a project. Again, my expectations of disaster were thwarted.
To this moment, I cannot provide a rational explanation for this mysterious series of events. Perhaps those much wiser than I will illuminate me with the knowledge as to what just occurred. Meanwhile, I sit here before the glow of the CRT and navigate delightedly thru the well-known menus and crafted network of RH8 functionality.
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