thanks noel,
yes it crashed. just took a little longer. essentially the ps window comes up and finally loads but again without loading panels, scripts etc...
i tried but could not find the cc cleaner log in windows... i tried to find it before i restarted the computer. like all things windows it isn't easy. WHERE IS IT?
i suppose i can try it all over again... massive waste of my time so far i've spent at least 20 plus hrs on this and am behind a week in my ps workflow.