Ty all for your help. I got a geek to come help me (ie my son lol).
Apparently i initially loaded all files onto the desktop, and then when i deleted the files with honorbuddy in the name, i missed the many supporting files that remained on the desktop.
When I reloaded it, i learnt my lesson and put all the files in a different folder, with the intention of putting a shortcut to the exe (ie shortcut on desktop) That way i could easily delete it all next time if i need to (As opposed to the haphazard way i had it, with everything on my desktop).
The Problem occurred when I tried to paste a shortcut from the new folder onto the desktop. I somehow moved the exe HB to the desktop (instead of creating a shortcut), then when i tried to run it, the exe tried to look on desktop for the supporting files - and of course i had deleted them (or atleast some of them) previously. Hence the error message
With the assistance of ur suggestions, son explored the NEt issue and then discovered my error.
He moved all the old HB support files that remained my desktop to a folder called old desktop (juz in case i needed somethin?)
and then put the exe back in the HB folder, then created a proper shortcut from the new HB folder to the exe (lovely shortcut now on desktop).
Hey Presto it works.
Again, many thanks to Buzzerbeater and all who tried to assist this confused mum.