Thanks Trenloe,
I problem is fixed. I copied another fresh copy of the record_class.xml and record_race.xml and the problem resolved. Maybe the first "fresh" copies were in some way corrupt.

Thanks to all for the assist.

BTW, LordEntrails, you don't need to have the files open to search them Wordpad++. Just define a directory in the [Find in files] and it will search the whole directory. Really comes in handy.