Amaya 7.0 bombs when browsing

using amaya 7.0 and win98
when i request file --- open document   
and press the browse button .... the program collapses
and returns me to the desktop  
this is repeatable and independent of where i set my
'start in' directory within the desktop shortcut.   //
John Russell, VE3LL@RAC.CA
http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3ll (2 L's as in LLAMA)
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