Woohoo, thanks to a pointer from Manel that the later versions require the MS Script Control, I was finally able to get blide 0.6.1 working!
For whatever reason the control was not registered by my system -- it was resolved by running the following: regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msscript.ocx
(As a side-note: In the process of my various installs/uninstalls/system restores/etc, I managed to completed mess up my install of the .NET Framework.
I couldn't re-install *or* uninstall the framework until I followed a ridiculously elaborate set of instructions hidden away somewhere on the microsoft site to wipe out all traces by hand first. May your framework never blow up..)
For whatever reason the control was not registered by my system -- it was resolved by running the following: regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\msscript.ocx
(As a side-note: In the process of my various installs/uninstalls/system restores/etc, I managed to completed mess up my install of the .NET Framework.
I couldn't re-install *or* uninstall the framework until I followed a ridiculously elaborate set of instructions hidden away somewhere on the microsoft site to wipe out all traces by hand first. May your framework never blow up..)