YAY!
 
Glad you finally have this sorted out.
 
You are in a country of ex-criminals (kidding), but you are a Sonar user, and are therefore 'Family', so HAPPY to help you.  :)
 
I don't recall which version of X3 installs, but you can also go ahead and install the X3e update directly now, without having to go through the a/b/c/d updates.  Each update download version is cumulative, so you just need the 'e' version to get you fully up to the latest patched version.
 
X3e is QUITE stable, and you will have a BLAST with X3, now that you finally have it installed.
 
Please don't forget to do a reset and full rescan of your plugins as well, after you finish the X3e update.
 
Bob Bone
 

Hi Bob. Your mention of the X3e update reminded me to also update my forum signature: it now reads X3e Producer instead of 8.5.
 
Thanks again

Another YAY!
 
(I had to fix mine recently too)
 
Bob Bone