Hi from Will and Mr Data,
i was passing through and saw your post,
i'm not much of an expert and i'm sure you shall find there are experts on this forum and they are very helpful, anyway, my first thought was,
if you have tought hal anything important
take halbrain file out of hal and save it somewhere like documents.
then uninstal hal and delete all parts of hal from pc.
down load a fresh one
replace halbrain file with yours
thats what i would do but others here might have a better course of action.
Bye for now and be well from Will and Mr Data[

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