> hey guys i just donwloaded the XXC mixer a few days ago and i cant figure out why it crashes as its searching for the file thingies. anybody got any ideas?

It may simply be that you aren't allowing it enough time to finish nosing through the game directories. Try waiting for quite some time before deciding it's crashed, it often appears to have done so when it hasn't at all. It just tends to take a while to start-up, on ocassion.