There's been considerable commenting on the web around why SmartFTP seems to start, displays the splash, then just exits. Whenever the question is asked in the official blogspace, the SmartFTP people advise to re-install it, as if there were some "system problem". I've been doing this long enough to know what's going on: If you get the "free for personal use" version, it will eventually expire without notice, and you will not be able to get past the splash screen. That's all well and good - they can do what they want, but when there's something that you wanted to take care of right then and there and you can't, it's pretty frustrating. They did this so that when the eventual day came (as it did) when they hoped you'd be hooked on the drug, they would start charging for it, and the next time you go to download it, you have to pay! I don't know about all y'all, but I'm not doing business with someone that sneaky. What will they do next?