Sorry for the delay in replying- Busy got busier

One mistake- I am using 2010, not 2013. I have a couple of machines I use and sometimes forget which one I am on!

As for save location, I always save locally to a folder on desktop- anything that needs to be serverside will be copied over once I have finished.

Generally, I open from OS, but it doesnt seem to make a difference- it will crash whether opening from there or through Project, and may crash whether I have 1 or more than one programmes up.