For several years I have used Pinnacle Studio version 9, quite successfully. Because of a sync problem between video and audio I dowloade a patch from pinnacle which upgraded my versions to 9.4, this solved the sync problem. I have n't used the software for about 18 months, yesterday (Sept 6th 2013) I captured some video (from DV camera) using Pinnacle 9.4, this was step 1, I then managed to edit my video, add titles, transitions etc. step 2. However when I moved on to step 3 (make movie) I receceived an instant error message saying 'Runtime Error' and underneath it said 'Abnormal Programme Termination' I re-tried at least half a dozen times but each time the outcome was the same, can anybody help

First, the Forum Help area (where you posted this) is clearly marked for questions about this site, not for other help questions. So I moved your post to an appropriate forum.

Second, you should really contact Pinnacle for support on their software. There is very little we can do to help. All we can recommend is that you either uninstall the update or reinstall the program from your disks.