More on topic: ScanManager crashing because of a 0 statusbar: http://rafb.net/p/oH7Z1I25.html DynamicPlaylist crashing because of a 0 statusbar: http://rafb.net/p/9L8iKT25.html I could wrap if( the::statusBar() ) around all these instances, but that seems like a hack. Why can't the statusbar be initialized after MainWindow? Casey