diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/Languages/en.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/Languages/en.ini
index 58f06a01bb..7378d686ba 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/Languages/en.ini
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/Languages/en.ini
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Medium=STANDARD
 
 [EditInstallations]
 You must type a program directory before clicking Add.=You must type a program directory before clicking Add.
+'%s' is not a valid installation directory.='%s' is not a valid installation directory.
 
 [EditMenuAction]
 Create=Create New
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ Failed to delete file '%s'.=Failed to delete file '%s'.
 Failed to open '%s': %s=Failed to open '%s': %s
 Music file=Music file
 Success.  Created the song '%s'=Success.  Created the song '%s'
+The song directory '%s' already exists.  You cannot override an existing song.=The song directory '%s' already exists.  You cannot override an existing song.
 
 [MenuButton]
 Coin=Coin
@@ -1444,4 +1446,17 @@ StepMania Tools Main Menu=StepMania Tools Main Menu
 Troubleshooting=Troubleshooting
 
 [ChangeGameSettings]
-Error writing file '%s': %s=Error writing file '%s': %s
\ No newline at end of file
+Error writing file '%s': %s=Error writing file '%s': %s
+
+[Tools-Name Your Package]
+Name Your Package=Name Your Package
+Enter a name for your new package:=Enter a name for your new package:
+OK=OK
+Cancel=Cancel
+Note: leave off the ".smzip" extention=Note: leave off the ".smzip" extention
+
+[Tools-StepMania Tools]
+Finish >=Finish >
+Cancel=Cancel
+< Back=< Back
+Install a package=Install a package
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ProductInfo.h b/stepmania/src/ProductInfo.h
index 7cad8023e3..06345a9936 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ProductInfo.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/ProductInfo.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #define VIDEO_TROUBLESHOOTING_URL "http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/mediawiki.php?title=Video_Driver_Troubleshooting"
 #define REPORT_BUG_URL "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=37892&atid=421366"
 
+#define CAN_INSTALL_PACKAGES true
+
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageFileManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageFileManager.cpp
index efa9052315..a1f4f0e0d9 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageFileManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageFileManager.cpp
@@ -871,6 +871,23 @@ void GetDirListingRecursive( const RString &sDir, const RString &sMatch, vector<
 	}
 }
 
+void GetDirListingRecursive( RageFileDriver *prfd, const RString &sDir, const RString &sMatch, vector<RString> &AddTo )
+{
+	ASSERT( sDir.Right(1) == "/" );
+	prfd->GetDirListing( sDir+sMatch, AddTo, false, true );
+	prfd->GetDirListing( sDir+"*",	AddTo, true,  true );
+	for( unsigned i=0; i<AddTo.size(); i++ )
+	{
+		if( prfd->GetFileType(AddTo[i]) == RageFileManager::TYPE_DIR )
+		{
+			prfd->GetDirListing( AddTo[i]+"/"+sMatch, AddTo, false, true );
+			prfd->GetDirListing( AddTo[i]+"/*",		AddTo, true,  true );
+			AddTo.erase( AddTo.begin()+i );
+			i--;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 bool DeleteRecursive( const RString &sDir )
 {
 	ASSERT( sDir.Right(1) == "/" );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index a67573bcdc..7d4ca68a1e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@ void FileWrite( RageFileBasic& f, float fWrite )
 	f.PutLine( ssprintf("%f", fWrite) );
 }
 
-bool FileCopy( RString sSrcFile, RString sDstFile )
+bool FileCopy( const RString &sSrcFile, const RString &sDstFile )
 {
 	if( !sSrcFile.CompareNoCase(sDstFile) )
 	{
diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
index ec4a73f7a9..b2c3024ec0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
 #include "Foreach.h"
+class RageFileDriver;
 
 #define SAFE_DELETE(p)       { delete (p);     (p)=NULL; }
 #define SAFE_DELETE_ARRAY(p) { delete[] (p);   (p)=NULL; }
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ typedef basic_string<char,char_traits_char_nocase> istring;
  * declared here since they're used in many places. */
 void GetDirListing( const RString &sPath, vector<RString> &AddTo, bool bOnlyDirs=false, bool bReturnPathToo=false );
 void GetDirListingRecursive( const RString &sDir, const RString &sMatch, vector<RString> &AddTo );	/* returns path too */
+void GetDirListingRecursive( RageFileDriver *prfd, const RString &sDir, const RString &sMatch, vector<RString> &AddTo );	/* returns path too */
 bool DeleteRecursive( const RString &sDir );	/* delete the dir and all files/subdirs inside it */
 bool DoesFileExist( const RString &sPath );
 bool IsAFile( const RString &sPath );
@@ -470,7 +472,7 @@ void FileWrite( RageFileBasic& f, int iWrite );
 void FileWrite( RageFileBasic& f, size_t uWrite );
 void FileWrite( RageFileBasic& f, float fWrite );
 
-bool FileCopy( RString sSrcFile, RString sDstFile );
+bool FileCopy( const RString &sSrcFile, const RString &sDstFile );
 bool FileCopy( RageFileBasic &in, RageFileBasic &out, RString &sError, bool *bReadError = NULL );
 
 template<class T>
diff --git a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp
index 00f3424a85..cf8819b5e6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/archutils/Win32/RegistryAccess.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ static bool GetRegKeyType( const RString &sIn, RString &sOut, HKEY &key )
 
 /* Given a full key, eg. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\hardware\foo", open it and return it.
  * On error, return NULL. */
-static HKEY OpenRegKey( const RString &sKey, bool bWarnOnError = true )
+enum RegKeyMode { READ, WRITE };
+static HKEY OpenRegKey( const RString &sKey, RegKeyMode mode, bool bWarnOnError = true )
 {
 	RString sSubkey;
 	HKEY hType;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ static HKEY OpenRegKey( const RString &sKey, bool bWarnOnError = true )
 		return NULL;
 
 	HKEY hRetKey;
-	LONG retval = RegOpenKeyEx( hType, sSubkey, 0, KEY_READ, &hRetKey );
+	LONG retval = RegOpenKeyEx( hType, sSubkey, 0, (mode==READ) ? KEY_READ:KEY_WRITE, &hRetKey );
 	if ( retval != ERROR_SUCCESS )
 	{
 		if( bWarnOnError )
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ static HKEY OpenRegKey( const RString &sKey, bool bWarnOnError = true )
 
 bool RegistryAccess::GetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, RString &sVal )
 {
-	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey );
+	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey, READ );
 	if( hKey == NULL )
 		return false;
 
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ bool RegistryAccess::GetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, RSt
 
 bool RegistryAccess::GetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, int &iVal, bool bWarnOnError )
 {
-	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey, bWarnOnError );
+	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey, READ, bWarnOnError );
 	if( hKey == NULL )
 		return false;
 
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ bool RegistryAccess::GetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, boo
 
 bool RegistryAccess::GetRegSubKeys( const RString &sKey, vector<RString> &lst, const RString &regex, bool bReturnPathToo )
 {
-	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey );
+	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey, READ );
 	if( hKey == NULL )
 		return false;
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ bool RegistryAccess::GetRegSubKeys( const RString &sKey, vector<RString> &lst, c
 
 bool RegistryAccess::SetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, const RString &sVal )
 {
-	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey );
+	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey, WRITE );
 	if( hKey == NULL )
 		return false;
 
@@ -164,9 +165,8 @@ bool RegistryAccess::SetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, con
 
 	strcpy( sz, sVal.c_str() );
 	
-	if (::RegSetValueEx(hKey, LPCTSTR(sName), 0,
-		REG_SZ, (LPBYTE)sz, strlen(sz) + 1)
-		 != ERROR_SUCCESS) 
+	LONG lResult = ::RegSetValueEx(hKey, LPCTSTR(sName), 0, REG_SZ, (LPBYTE)sz, strlen(sz) + 1);
+	if( lResult != ERROR_SUCCESS ) 
 		 bSuccess = false;
 
 	::RegCloseKey(hKey);
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ bool RegistryAccess::SetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, con
 
 bool RegistryAccess::SetRegValue( const RString &sKey, const RString &sName, bool bVal )
 {
-	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey );
+	HKEY hKey = OpenRegKey( sKey, WRITE );
 	if( hKey == NULL )
 		return false;
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.cpp
index 5993644dff..42a182d4f3 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "archutils/Win32/DialogUtil.h"
 #include ".\editinsallations.h"
 #include "LocalizedString.h"
+#include "RageUtil.h"
 
 #ifdef _DEBUG
 #define new DEBUG_NEW
@@ -64,12 +65,10 @@ BOOL EditInsallations::OnInitDialog()
 	for( unsigned i=0; i<vs.size(); i++ )
 		m_list.AddString( vs[i] );
 
-
 	return TRUE;  // return TRUE unless you set the focus to a control
 	              // EXCEPTION: OCX Property Pages should return FALSE
 }
 
-
 void EditInsallations::OnButtonRemove() 
 {
 	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
@@ -90,33 +89,54 @@ void EditInsallations::OnButtonMakeDefault()
 	m_list.InsertString( 0, sText );
 }
 
-static LocalizedString YOU_MUST_TYPE_IN ("EditInstallations","You must type a program directory before clicking Add.");
+static LocalizedString YOU_MUST_TYPE_IN			("EditInstallations","You must type a program directory before clicking Add.");
+static LocalizedString NOT_A_VALID_INSTALLATION_DIR	("EditInstallations","'%s' is not a valid installation directory.");
 void EditInsallations::OnButtonAdd() 
 {
 	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
-	CString sText;
-	m_edit.GetWindowText( sText );
+	RString sNewDir;
+	{
+		CString s;
+		m_edit.GetWindowText( s );
+		sNewDir = s;
+	}
 	
-	if( sText == "" )
+	if( sNewDir == "" )
 	{
 		AfxMessageBox( YOU_MUST_TYPE_IN.GetValue() );
 		return;
 	}
 
-	m_list.AddString( sText );
+	bool bAlreadyInList = false;
+	for( int i=0; i<m_list.GetCount(); i++ )
+	{
+		CString sDir;
+		m_list.GetText( i, sDir );
+		if( sDir.CompareNoCase(sNewDir)==0 )
+			return;
+	}
+
+	if( !SMPackageUtil::IsValidInstallDir(sNewDir) )
+	{
+		AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(NOT_A_VALID_INSTALLATION_DIR.GetValue(),sNewDir.c_str()) );
+		return;
+	}
+
+	m_list.AddString( sNewDir );
 }
 
 void EditInsallations::OnOK() 
 {
-	m_vsReturnedInstallDirs.clear();
+	vector<RString> vs;
 
 	for( int i=0; i<m_list.GetCount(); i++ )
 	{
 		CString sDir;
 		m_list.GetText( i, sDir );
 		RString s = sDir;
-		m_vsReturnedInstallDirs.push_back( s );
+		vs.push_back( s );
 	}
+	SMPackageUtil::WriteGameInstallDirs( vs );
 
 	CDialog::OnOK();
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.h b/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.h
index c5549fb51d..d1c302a35d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/EditInsallations.h
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ class EditInsallations : public CDialog
 public:
 	EditInsallations(CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor
 
-	vector<RString>	m_vsReturnedInstallDirs;
-
 // Dialog Data
 	//{{AFX_DATA(EditInsallations)
 	enum { IDD = IDD_EDIT_INSTALLATIONS };
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/MainMenuDlg.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/MainMenuDlg.cpp
index c3e81cb1ad..84b3fe71ec 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/MainMenuDlg.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/MainMenuDlg.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include ".\mainmenudlg.h"
 #include "archutils/Win32/DialogUtil.h"
 #include "LocalizedString.h"
+#include "RageFileManager.h"
 
 #ifdef _DEBUG
 #define new DEBUG_NEW
@@ -107,12 +108,11 @@ RString GetLastErrorString()
 	return s;
 }
 
-static LocalizedString MUSIC_FILE						( "MainMenuDlg", "Music file" );
-static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_CREATE_DIRECTORY		( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to create directory '%s': %s" );
-static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_CREATE_SONG_DIRECTORY	( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to create song directory '%s': %s" );
+static LocalizedString MUSIC_FILE				( "MainMenuDlg", "Music file" );
+static LocalizedString THE_SONG_DIRECTORY_ALREADY_EXISTS	( "MainMenuDlg", "The song directory '%s' already exists.  You cannot override an existing song." );
 static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_COPY_MUSIC_FILE		( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to copy music file '%s' to '%s': %s" );
-static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_CREATE_THE_SONG_FILE	( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to create the song file '%s'" );
-static LocalizedString SUCCESS_CREATED_THE_SONG		( "MainMenuDlg", "Success.  Created the song '%s'" );
+static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_CREATE_THE_SONG_FILE		( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to create the song file '%s'" );
+static LocalizedString SUCCESS_CREATED_THE_SONG			( "MainMenuDlg", "Success.  Created the song '%s'" );
 void MainMenuDlg::OnCreateSong() 
 {
 	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
@@ -123,58 +123,44 @@ void MainMenuDlg::OnCreateSong()
 		NULL,	// default file extension
 		NULL,	// default file name
 		OFN_HIDEREADONLY | OFN_NOCHANGEDIR,		// flags
-		""//MUSIC_FILE.GetValue()+" (*.mp3;*.ogg)|*.mp3;*.ogg|||"
+		ConvertUTF8ToACP(MUSIC_FILE.GetValue()+" (*.mp3;*.ogg)|*.mp3;*.ogg|||").c_str()
 		);
 	int iRet = dialog.DoModal();
 	RString sMusicFile = dialog.GetPathName();
 	if( iRet != IDOK )
 		return;
 
-	BOOL bSuccess;
+	RString sSongDirectory = "Songs/My Creations/" + GetFileNameWithoutExtension(sMusicFile) + "/";
+	RString sNewMusicFile = sSongDirectory + Basename(sMusicFile);
 
-	RString sSongDirectory = "Songs\\My Creations\\";
-	bSuccess = CreateDirectory( sSongDirectory, NULL );
-	if( !bSuccess )
+	if( DoesFileExist(sSongDirectory) )
 	{
-		DWORD dwError = ::GetLastError();
-		switch( dwError )
-		{
-		case ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS:
-			// This failure is ok.  We probably created this directory already while importing another song.
-			break;
-		default:
-			MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_CREATE_DIRECTORY.GetValue(),sSongDirectory.c_str(),GetLastErrorString().c_str()) );
-			return;
-		}
-	}
-
-	sSongDirectory += Basename( sMusicFile );
-	bSuccess = CreateDirectory( sSongDirectory, NULL );	// CreateDirectory doesn't like a trailing slash
-	if( !bSuccess )
-	{
-		MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_CREATE_SONG_DIRECTORY.GetValue(),sSongDirectory.c_str(),GetLastErrorString().c_str()) );
+		MessageBox( ssprintf(THE_SONG_DIRECTORY_ALREADY_EXISTS.GetValue(),sSongDirectory.c_str()) );
 		return;
 	}
-	sSongDirectory += "\\";
 
-	RString sNewMusicFile = sSongDirectory + Basename(sMusicFile);
-	bSuccess = CopyFile( sMusicFile, sNewMusicFile, TRUE );
+	RageFileOsAbsolute fileIn;
+	fileIn.Open( sMusicFile, RageFile::READ );
+	RageFile fileOut;
+	fileOut.Open( sNewMusicFile, RageFile::WRITE );
+	RString sError;
+	bool bSuccess = FileCopy( fileIn, fileOut, sError );
 	if( !bSuccess )
 	{
-		MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_COPY_MUSIC_FILE.GetValue(),sMusicFile.c_str(),sNewMusicFile.c_str(),GetLastErrorString().c_str()) );
+		MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_COPY_MUSIC_FILE.GetValue(),sMusicFile.c_str(),sNewMusicFile.c_str(),sError.c_str()) );
 		return;
 	}
 
 	// create a blank .sm file
 	RString sNewSongFile = sMusicFile;
 	SetExtension( sNewSongFile, "sm" );
-	FILE *fp = fopen( sNewSongFile, "w" );
-	if( fp == NULL )
+	RageFile file;
+	if( file.Open(sNewSongFile, RageFile::WRITE) )
 	{
 		MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_CREATE_THE_SONG_FILE.GetValue(),sNewSongFile.c_str()) );
 		return;
 	}
-	fclose( fp );
+	file.Close();
 
 	MessageBox( ssprintf(SUCCESS_CREATED_THE_SONG.GetValue(),sSongDirectory.c_str()) );
 }
@@ -197,8 +183,9 @@ BOOL MainMenuDlg::OnInitDialog()
 	              // EXCEPTION: OCX Property Pages should return FALSE
 }
 
-static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_DELETE_FILE	( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to delete file '%s'." ); 
-static LocalizedString IS_ALREADY_CLEARED		( "MainMenuDlg", "'%s' is already cleared." ); 
+static LocalizedString FAILED_TO_DELETE_FILE	( "MainMenuDlg", "Failed to delete file '%s'." );
+static LocalizedString IS_ALREADY_CLEARED	( "MainMenuDlg", "'%s' is already cleared." );
+static LocalizedString CLEARED( "MainMenuDlg", "'%s' cleared" );
 void MainMenuDlg::OnBnClickedClearKeymaps()
 {
 	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
@@ -206,12 +193,13 @@ void MainMenuDlg::OnBnClickedClearKeymaps()
 	if( !DoesFileExist( SpecialFiles::KEYMAPS_PATH ) )
 	{
 		MessageBox( ssprintf(IS_ALREADY_CLEARED.GetValue(),SpecialFiles::KEYMAPS_PATH.c_str()) );
+		return;
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		if( !DeleteFile( SpecialFiles::KEYMAPS_PATH ) )
-			MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_DELETE_FILE.GetValue(), SpecialFiles::KEYMAPS_PATH.c_str()) );
-	}
+
+	if( !FILEMAN->Remove(SpecialFiles::KEYMAPS_PATH) )
+		MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_DELETE_FILE.GetValue(), SpecialFiles::KEYMAPS_PATH.c_str()) );
+
+	MessageBox( ssprintf(CLEARED.GetValue(),SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH.c_str()) );
 }
 
 void MainMenuDlg::OnBnClickedChangePreferences()
@@ -237,17 +225,16 @@ void MainMenuDlg::OnBnClickedOpenPreferences()
 	}
 }
 
-static LocalizedString CLEARED( "MainMenuDlg", "'%s' cleared" );
 void MainMenuDlg::OnBnClickedClearPreferences()
 {
 	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
-	if( !DoesFileExist( SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH ) )
+	if( !DoesFileExist(SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH) )
 	{
 		MessageBox( ssprintf(IS_ALREADY_CLEARED.GetValue(),SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH.c_str()) );
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if( !DeleteFile( SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH ) )
+	if( !FILEMAN->Remove(SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH) )
 	{
 		MessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_DELETE_FILE.GetValue(),SpecialFiles::PREFERENCES_INI_PATH.c_str()) );
 		return;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.cpp
index fef8b68512..c40aa5164f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.cpp
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@
 static char THIS_FILE[] = __FILE__;
 #endif
 
-static const RString TEMP_MOUNT_POINT = "/@package/";
-
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // CSMPackageInstallDlg dialog
 
 
-CSMPackageInstallDlg::CSMPackageInstallDlg(CString sPackagePath, CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
+CSMPackageInstallDlg::CSMPackageInstallDlg(RString sPackagePath, CWnd* pParent /*=NULL*/)
 	: CDialog(CSMPackageInstallDlg::IDD, pParent)
 {
 	//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CSMPackageInstallDlg)
@@ -87,8 +85,12 @@ BOOL CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnInitDialog()
 	DialogUtil::LocalizeDialogAndContents( *this );
 	DialogUtil::SetHeaderFont( *this, IDC_STATIC_HEADER_TEXT );
 
+	ASSERT(0);	// TEST ME
+
 	// mount the zip
-	if( !FILEMAN->Mount( "zip", m_sPackagePath, TEMP_MOUNT_POINT ) )
+	RageFileDriverZip fileDriver;
+	int iErr;
+	if( !fileDriver.Open(m_sPackagePath, RageFile::READ, iErr) )
 	{
 		AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(IS_NOT_A_VALID_ZIP.GetValue(), m_sPackagePath), MB_ICONSTOP );
 		exit( 1 );
@@ -114,7 +116,7 @@ BOOL CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnInitDialog()
 	//
 	{
 		vector<RString> vs;
-		GetDirListingRecursive( TEMP_MOUNT_POINT, "*.*", vs );
+		GetDirListingRecursive( &fileDriver, "", "*", vs );
 		CEdit* pEdit2 = (CEdit*)GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT_MESSAGE2);
 		RString sText = "\t" + join( "\r\n\t", vs );
 		pEdit2->SetWindowText( sText );
@@ -169,12 +171,16 @@ void CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnPaint()
 #include <direct.h>
 #include ".\smpackageinstalldlg.h"
 
-bool CSMPackageInstallDlg::CheckPackages()
+static bool CheckPackages( RageFileDriverZip &fileDriver )
 {
-	IniFile ini;
-	if( !ini.ReadFile(TEMP_MOUNT_POINT + "smzip.ctl") )
+	int iErr;
+	RageFileBasic *pFile = fileDriver.Open( "smzip.ctl", RageFile::READ, iErr );
+	if( pFile == NULL )
 		return true;
 
+	IniFile ini;
+	ini.ReadFile( *pFile );
+
 	int version = 0;
 	ini.GetValue( "SMZIP", "Version", version );
 	if( version != 1 )
@@ -221,23 +227,11 @@ bool CSMPackageInstallDlg::CheckPackages()
 
 	for( i = 0; i < (int) Directories.size(); ++i )
 	{
-		RString path = cwd+Directories[i];
-		char buf[1024];
-		memcpy( buf, path, path.size()+1 );
-		buf[path.size()+1] = 0;
-
-		SHFILEOPSTRUCT op;
-		memset(&op, 0, sizeof(op));
-
-		op.wFunc = FO_DELETE;
-		op.pFrom = buf;
-		op.pTo = NULL;
-		op.fFlags = FOF_NOCONFIRMATION;
-		if( !SHFileOperation(&op) )
-			continue;
-
-		/* Something failed.  SHFileOperation displayed the error dialog, so just cancel. */
-		return false;
+		RString sDir = Directories[i];
+		if( !DeleteRecursive(sDir) )	// error deleting
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return true;
@@ -262,7 +256,8 @@ void CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnOK()
 		m_comboDir.GetWindowText( s );
 		sInstallDir = s;
 	}
-	
+
+	// selected install dir becomes the new default
 	int iSelectedInstallDirIndex = m_comboDir.GetCurSel();
 	if( iSelectedInstallDirIndex == -1 )
 	{
@@ -272,11 +267,20 @@ void CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnOK()
 
 	SMPackageUtil::SetDefaultInstallDir( iSelectedInstallDirIndex );
 
+
+	// mount the zip
+	RageFileDriverZip fileDriver;
+	int iErr;
+	if( !fileDriver.Open(m_sPackagePath, RageFile::READ, iErr) )
+	{
+		AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(IS_NOT_A_VALID_ZIP.GetValue(), m_sPackagePath), MB_ICONSTOP );
+		exit( 1 );
+	}
+
+
 	// Show comment (if any)
 	{
-		RageFileDriverZip zip;
-		zip.Load( m_sPackagePath );
-		RString sComment = zip.GetGlobalComment();
+		RString sComment = fileDriver.GetGlobalComment();
 		bool DontShowComment;
 		if( sComment != "" && (!SMPackageUtil::GetPref("DontShowComment", DontShowComment) || !DontShowComment) )
 		{
@@ -291,13 +295,13 @@ void CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnOK()
 	}
 
 	/* Check for installed packages that should be deleted before installing. */
-	if( !CheckPackages() )
+	if( !CheckPackages(fileDriver) )
 		return;	// cancelled
 
 
 	// Unzip the SMzip package into the installation folder
 	vector<RString> vs;
-	GetDirListingRecursive( TEMP_MOUNT_POINT, "*.*", vs );
+	GetDirListingRecursive( &fileDriver, "/", "*", vs );
 	for( unsigned i=0; i<vs.size(); i++ )
 	{
 		// Throw some text up so the user has something to look at during the long pause.
@@ -332,12 +336,31 @@ retry_unzip:
 		if( Basename(sFile).CompareNoCase("thumbs.db") == 0 )
 			continue;
 
-		RString sBareFile = sFile;
-		sBareFile.erase( sBareFile.begin(), sBareFile.begin()+TEMP_MOUNT_POINT.length() );
-		RString sTo = sInstallDir + sTo;
-		if( !FileCopy( sFile, sTo ) )
+		bool bSuccess = true;
+		RString sError;
+
+		int iErr;
+		RageFileBasic *pFileFrom = fileDriver.Open( sFile, RageFile::READ, iErr );
+		if( pFileFrom == NULL )
 		{
-			RString sError = ssprintf( ERROR_COPYING_FILE.GetValue(), sBareFile.c_str() );
+			bSuccess = false;
+		}
+
+		RageFile fileTo;		
+		if( !fileTo.Open(sFile, RageFile::WRITE) )
+		{
+			bSuccess = false;
+			sError = fileTo.GetError();
+		}
+
+		if( bSuccess )
+		{
+			bSuccess = FileCopy(*pFileFrom, fileTo, sError);
+		}
+
+		if( !bSuccess )
+		{
+			RString sError = ssprintf( ERROR_COPYING_FILE.GetValue(), sFile.c_str() );
 			switch( MessageBox( sError, NULL, MB_ABORTRETRYIGNORE|MB_ICONEXCLAMATION ) )
 			{
 			case IDABORT:
@@ -369,7 +392,6 @@ void CSMPackageInstallDlg::OnButtonEdit()
 	int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
 	if( nResponse == IDOK )
 	{
-		SMPackageUtil::WriteGameInstallDirs( dlg.m_vsReturnedInstallDirs );
 		RefreshInstallationList();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.h b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.h
index 2ce331f154..47005dad2d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageInstallDlg.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class CSMPackageInstallDlg : public CDialog
 {
 // Construction
 public:
-	CSMPackageInstallDlg(CString sPackagePath, CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor
+	CSMPackageInstallDlg(RString sPackagePath, CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor
 
 // Dialog Data
 	//{{AFX_DATA(CSMPackageInstallDlg)
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ public:
 // Implementation
 protected:
 	void RefreshInstallationList();
-	bool CheckPackages();
 
 	HICON m_hIcon;
 	RString m_sPackagePath;
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageUtil.cpp
index 16255fe61b..fbfee8844f 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SMPackageUtil.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ void SMPackageUtil::WriteGameInstallDirs( const vector<RString>& asInstallDirsTo
 		RString sName = ssprintf("%d",i);
 		RegistryAccess::SetRegValue( INSTALLATIONS_KEY, sName, asInstallDirsToWrite[i] );
 	}
-
 }
 
 void SMPackageUtil::GetGameInstallDirs( vector<RString>& asInstallDirsOut )
@@ -41,11 +40,10 @@ void SMPackageUtil::GetGameInstallDirs( vector<RString>& asInstallDirsOut )
 		if( !RegistryAccess::GetRegValue(INSTALLATIONS_KEY, sName, sPath) )
 			continue;
 
-		if( sPath == "" )	// read failed
+		if( sPath == "" )	// blank entry
 			continue;	// skip
 
-		RString sProgramDir = sPath+"\\Program";
-		if( !DoesFileExist(sProgramDir) )
+		if( !IsValidInstallDir(sPath) )
 			continue;	// skip
 
 		asInstallDirsOut.push_back( sPath );
@@ -55,7 +53,7 @@ void SMPackageUtil::GetGameInstallDirs( vector<RString>& asInstallDirsOut )
 	WriteGameInstallDirs( asInstallDirsOut );
 }
 
-void SMPackageUtil::AddGameInstallDir( RString sNewInstallDir )
+void SMPackageUtil::AddGameInstallDir( const RString &sNewInstallDir )
 {
 	vector<RString> asInstallDirs;
 	GetGameInstallDirs( asInstallDirs );
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ void SMPackageUtil::SetDefaultInstallDir( int iInstallDirIndex )
 	WriteGameInstallDirs( asInstallDirs );
 }
 
-void SMPackageUtil::SetDefaultInstallDir( RString sInstallDir )
+void SMPackageUtil::SetDefaultInstallDir( const RString &sInstallDir )
 {
 	vector<RString> asInstallDirs;
 	GetGameInstallDirs( asInstallDirs );
@@ -103,6 +101,11 @@ void SMPackageUtil::SetDefaultInstallDir( RString sInstallDir )
 	}
 }
 
+bool SMPackageUtil::IsValidInstallDir( const RString &sInstallDir )
+{
+	return DoesOsAbsoluteFileExist( sInstallDir + "/Songs" );
+}
+
 bool SMPackageUtil::GetPref( const RString &name, bool &val )
 {
 	return RegistryAccess::GetRegValue( SMPACKAGE_KEY, name, val );
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ bool SMPackageUtil::SetPref( const RString &name, bool val )
 
 /* Get a package directory.  For most paths, this is the first two components.  For
  * songs and note skins, this is the first three. */
-RString SMPackageUtil::GetPackageDirectory(RString path)
+RString SMPackageUtil::GetPackageDirectory(const RString &path)
 {
 	if( path.find("CVS") != string::npos )
 		return "";	// skip
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ RString SMPackageUtil::GetPackageDirectory(RString path)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-bool SMPackageUtil::IsValidPackageDirectory( RString path )
+bool SMPackageUtil::IsValidPackageDirectory( const RString &path )
 {
 	/* Make sure the path contains only second-level directories, and doesn't
 	 * contain any ".", "..", "...", etc. dirs. */
@@ -212,6 +215,15 @@ RString SMPackageUtil::GetLanguageCodeFromDisplayString( const RString &sDisplay
 	return s;
 }
 
+bool SMPackageUtil::DoesOsAbsoluteFileExist( const RString &sOsAbsoluteFile )
+{
+#if defined(WIN32)
+	DWORD dwAttr = ::GetFileAttributes( sOsAbsoluteFile );
+	return bool(dwAttr != (DWORD)-1);
+#endif
+}
+
+
 static const RString TEMP_MOUNT_POINT = "/@package/";
 
 RageFileOsAbsolute::~RageFileOsAbsolute()
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.cpp
index 574d7bf56c..b38ad8142d 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "archutils/Win32/SpecialDirs.h"
 #include "archutils/Win32/DialogUtil.h"
 #include "LocalizedString.h"
+#include "RageFileDriverDirect.h"
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -98,14 +99,14 @@ RString ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars( RString sOldFileName )
 }
 
 static LocalizedString ERROR_ADDING_FILE ( "SmpackageExportDlg", "Error adding file '%s'." );
-static bool ExportPackage( RString sPackageName, const vector<RString>& asDirectoriesToExport, RString sComment )	
+static bool ExportPackage( const RString &sPackageName, const RString &sSourceInstallDir, const vector<RString>& asDirectoriesToExport, const RString &sComment )	
 {
 	CZipArchive zip;
 	
 	//
 	// Create the package zip file
 	//
-	const RString sPackagePath = "Desktop/" + sPackageName;
+	const RString sPackagePath = SpecialDirs::GetDesktopDir() + sPackageName;
 	try
 	{
 		zip.Open( sPackagePath, CZipArchive::zipCreate );
@@ -118,13 +119,23 @@ static bool ExportPackage( RString sPackageName, const vector<RString>& asDirect
 		return false;
 	}
 
-
 	zip.SetGlobalComment( sComment );
 
+
 	/* Find files to add to zip. */
 	vector<RString> asFilePaths;
-	for( unsigned i=0; i<asDirectoriesToExport.size(); i++ )
-		GetDirListingRecursive( asDirectoriesToExport[i], "*.*", asFilePaths );
+	{
+		RageFileDriverDirect fileDriver( sSourceInstallDir );
+
+		for( unsigned i=0; i<asDirectoriesToExport.size(); i++ )
+		{
+			RString sDir = asDirectoriesToExport[i];
+			if( sDir.Right(1) != "/" )
+				sDir += "/";
+			GetDirListingRecursive( &fileDriver, sDir, "*", asFilePaths );
+		}
+	}
+
 
 	// Must use backslashes in the path, or else WinZip and WinRAR don't see the files.
 	// Not sure if this is ZipArchive's fault.
@@ -135,7 +146,7 @@ static bool ExportPackage( RString sPackageName, const vector<RString>& asDirect
 		ini.SetValue( "SMZIP", "Version", 1 );
 
 		set<RString> Directories;
-		for( i=0; i<asFilePaths.size(); i++ )
+		for( unsigned i=0; i<asFilePaths.size(); i++ )
 		{
 			const RString name = SMPackageUtil::GetPackageDirectory( asFilePaths[i] );
 			if( name != "" )
@@ -186,7 +197,7 @@ static bool ExportPackage( RString sPackageName, const vector<RString>& asDirect
 
 		try
 		{
-			zip.AddNewFile( sFilePath, bUseCompression?Z_BEST_COMPRESSION:Z_NO_COMPRESSION, true );
+			zip.AddNewFile( sSourceInstallDir+sFilePath, bUseCompression?Z_BEST_COMPRESSION:Z_NO_COMPRESSION, true );
 		}
 		catch (CException* e)
 		{
@@ -229,7 +240,7 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::OnButtonExportAsOne()
 	vector<RString> asPaths;
 	GetCheckedPaths( asPaths );
 
-	if( asPaths.size() >= 0 )
+	if( asPaths.size() == 0 )
 	{
 		AfxMessageBox( NO_ITEMS_ARE_CHECKED.GetValue() );
 		return;
@@ -254,7 +265,7 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::OnButtonExportAsOne()
 	if( !MakeComment(sComment) )
 		return;		// cancelled
 
-	if( ExportPackage( sPackageName, asPaths, sComment ) )
+	if( ExportPackage( sPackageName, GetCurrentInstallDir(), asPaths, sComment ) )
 		AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(SUCCESSFULLY_EXPORTED.GetValue(),sPackageName.c_str()) );
 }
 
@@ -285,14 +296,14 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::OnButtonExportAsIndividual()
 
 		RString sPackageName;
 		vector<RString> asPathBits;
-		split( sPath, "\\", asPathBits, true );
+		split( sPath, "/", asPathBits, true );
 		sPackageName = asPathBits[ asPathBits.size()-1 ] + ".smzip";
 		sPackageName = ReplaceInvalidFileNameChars( sPackageName );
 
 		vector<RString> asPathsToExport;
 		asPathsToExport.push_back( sPath );
 		
-		if( ExportPackage( sPackageName, asPathsToExport, sComment ) )
+		if( ExportPackage( sPackageName, GetCurrentInstallDir(), asPathsToExport, sComment ) )
 			asExportedPackages.push_back( sPackageName );
 		else
 			asFailedPackages.push_back( sPackageName );
@@ -368,11 +379,11 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::GetCheckedPaths( vector<RString>& aPathsOut )
 		
 		while( item )
 		{
-			sPath = (LPCTSTR)m_tree.GetItemText(item) + '\\' + sPath;
+			sPath = RString((LPCTSTR)m_tree.GetItemText(item)) + '/' + sPath;
 			item = m_tree.GetParentItem(item);
 		}
 
-		TrimRight( sPath, "\\" );	// strip off last slash
+		TrimRight( sPath, "/" );	// strip off last slash
 
 		aPathsOut.push_back( sPath );
 	}
@@ -386,7 +397,6 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::OnButtonEdit()
 	int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
 	if( nResponse == IDOK )
 	{
-		SMPackageUtil::WriteGameInstallDirs( dlg.m_vsReturnedInstallDirs );
 		RefreshInstallationList();
 		RefreshTree();
 	}
@@ -411,24 +421,27 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::OnSelchangeComboDir()
 	RefreshTree();
 }
 
+RString CSmpackageExportDlg::GetCurrentInstallDir()
+{
+	CString s;
+	m_comboDir.GetWindowText( s );
+	RString s2 = s;
+	if( s2.Right(1) != "/" )
+		s2 += "/";
+	return s2;
+}
+
 void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 {
 	m_tree.DeleteAllItems();
 
-	RString sDir;
-	{
-		CString s;
-		m_comboDir.GetWindowText( s );
-		sDir = s;
-	}
-
-	SetCurrentDirectory( sDir );
+	RageFileDriverDirect fileDriver( GetCurrentInstallDir() );
 
 	// Add announcers
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "Announcers" );
-		GetDirListing( "Announcers\\*.*", as1, true, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Announcers/*", as1, true, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 			m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
 	}
@@ -437,7 +450,7 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "Characters" );
-		GetDirListing( "Characters\\*.*", as1, true, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Characters/*", as1, true, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 			m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
 	}
@@ -446,7 +459,7 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "Themes" );
-		GetDirListing( "Themes\\*.*", as1, true, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Themes/*", as1, true, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 			m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
 	}
@@ -455,7 +468,7 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "BGAnimations" );
-		GetDirListing( "BGAnimations\\*.*", as1, true, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "BGAnimations/*", as1, true, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 			m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
 	}
@@ -464,9 +477,9 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "RandomMovies" );
-		GetDirListing( "RandomMovies\\*.avi", as1, false, false );
-		GetDirListing( "RandomMovies\\*.mpg", as1, false, false );
-		GetDirListing( "RandomMovies\\*.mpeg", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "RandomMovies/*.avi", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "RandomMovies/*.mpg", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "RandomMovies/*.mpeg", as1, false, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 			m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
 	}
@@ -475,9 +488,9 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "Visualizations" );
-		GetDirListing( "Visualizations\\*.avi", as1, false, false );
-		GetDirListing( "Visualizations\\*.mpg", as1, false, false );
-		GetDirListing( "Visualizations\\*.mpeg", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Visualizations/*.avi", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Visualizations/*.mpg", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Visualizations/*.mpeg", as1, false, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 			m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
 	}
@@ -486,7 +499,7 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "Courses" );
-		GetDirListing( "Courses\\*.crs", as1, false, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Courses/*.crs", as1, false, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 		{
 			as1[i] = as1[i].Left(as1[i].size()-4);	// strip off ".crs"
@@ -501,12 +514,12 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "NoteSkins" );
-		GetDirListing( "NoteSkins\\*.*", as1, true, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "NoteSkins/*", as1, true, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 		{
 			vector<RString> as2;
 			HTREEITEM item2 = m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
-			GetDirListing( "NoteSkins\\" + as1[i] + "\\*.*", as2, true, false );
+			fileDriver.GetDirListing( "NoteSkins/" + as1[i] + "/*", as2, true, false );
 			for( unsigned j=0; j<as2.size(); j++ )
 				m_tree.InsertItem( as2[j], item2 );
 		}
@@ -518,12 +531,12 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	{
 		vector<RString> as1;
 		HTREEITEM item1 = m_tree.InsertItem( "Songs" );
-		GetDirListing( "Songs\\*.*", as1, true, false );
+		fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Songs/*", as1, true, false );
 		for( unsigned i=0; i<as1.size(); i++ )
 		{
 			vector<RString> as2;
 			HTREEITEM item2 = m_tree.InsertItem( as1[i], item1 );
-			GetDirListing( "Songs\\" + as1[i] + "\\*.*", as2, true, false );
+			fileDriver.GetDirListing( "Songs/" + as1[i] + "/*", as2, true, false );
 			for( unsigned j=0; j<as2.size(); j++ )
 				m_tree.InsertItem( as2[j], item2 );
 		}
@@ -534,8 +547,10 @@ void CSmpackageExportDlg::RefreshTree()
 	CArray<HTREEITEM,HTREEITEM> aItems;
 	GetTreeItems( aItems );
 	for( int i=0; i<aItems.GetSize(); i++ )
+	{
 		if( m_tree.GetItemText(aItems[i]).CompareNoCase("CVS")==0 )
 			m_tree.DeleteItem( aItems[i] );
+	}
 }
 
 void CSmpackageExportDlg::OnButtonOpen() 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.h b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.h
index 779487a457..5ba8d9cfa2 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/SmpackageExportDlg.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ protected:
 	void GetCheckedTreeItems( CArray<HTREEITEM,HTREEITEM>& aCheckedItemsOut );
 	void GetCheckedPaths( vector<RString>& aCheckedItemsOut );
 	bool MakeComment( RString &comment );
+	RString GetCurrentInstallDir();
 
 	// Generated message map functions
 	//{{AFX_MSG(CSmpackageExportDlg)
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp
index 46f573d1d4..5ec93a26d6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.cpp
@@ -56,65 +56,13 @@ BOOL CSmpackageApp::InitInstance()
 	LOG			= new RageLog();
 
 
-	if( DoesFileExist("Songs") )	// this is a SM program directory
+	TCHAR szCurrentDirectory[MAX_PATH];
+	GetCurrentDirectory( ARRAYSIZE(szCurrentDirectory), szCurrentDirectory );
+	if( CAN_INSTALL_PACKAGES && SMPackageUtil::IsValidInstallDir(szCurrentDirectory) )
 	{
-		TCHAR szCurrentDirectory[MAX_PATH];
-		GetCurrentDirectory( ARRAYSIZE(szCurrentDirectory), szCurrentDirectory );
 		SMPackageUtil::AddGameInstallDir( szCurrentDirectory );	// add this if it doesn't already exist
 	}	
 
-	// check if there's a .smzip command line argument
-	vector<RString> arrayCommandLineBits;
-	split( ::GetCommandLine(), " ", arrayCommandLineBits );
-	for( unsigned i=0; i<arrayCommandLineBits.size(); i++ )
-	{
-		CString sArg = arrayCommandLineBits[i];
-		if( sArg == "--machine-profile-stats" )
-		{
-			RString sPersonalDir = SpecialDirs::GetMyDocumentsDir();
-			RString sFile = sPersonalDir + PRODUCT_ID +"/Save/MachineProfile/Stats.xml";
-			if( NULL == ::ShellExecute( NULL, "open", sFile, "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL ) )
-				AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_OPEN.GetValue(),sFile.c_str(),GetLastErrorString().c_str()) );
-			exit(0);
-		}
-	}
-	
-	split( ::GetCommandLine(), "\"", arrayCommandLineBits );
-	for( unsigned i=0; i<arrayCommandLineBits.size(); i++ )
-	{
-		RString sPath = arrayCommandLineBits[i];
-		TrimLeft( sPath );
-		TrimRight( sPath );
-		RString sPathLower = sPath;
-		sPathLower.MakeLower();
-
-		// test to see if this is a smzip file
-		if( sPathLower.Right(3) == "zip" )
-		{
-			if( !FILEMAN->DoesFileExist(sPath) )
-			{
-				AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(THE_FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST.GetValue(),sPath.c_str()), MB_ICONERROR );
-				exit(0);
-			}
-
-			// We found a zip package.  Prompt the user to install it!
-			CSMPackageInstallDlg dlg( CString(sPath.c_str()) );
-			int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
-			if( nResponse == IDOK )
-			{
-				CSmpackageExportDlg dlg;
-				int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
-				// Since the dialog has been closed, return FALSE so that we exit the
-				//  application, rather than start the application's message pump.
-				return FALSE;
-			}
-			else if (nResponse == IDCANCEL)
-			{
-				// the user cancelled.  Don't fall through to the Manager.
-				exit(0);
-			}
-		}
-	}
 
 	FILEMAN = new RageFileManager( "" );
 	LUA = new LuaManager();
@@ -133,11 +81,63 @@ BOOL CSmpackageApp::InitInstance()
 	THEME->SwitchThemeAndLanguage( SpecialFiles::BASE_THEME_NAME, sLanguage, bPseudoLocalize );
 
 
-	// Show the Manager Dialog
-	MainMenuDlg dlg;
-	int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
-//	if (nResponse == IDOK)
 
+	// check for --machine-profile-stats and launch Stats.xml
+	for( int i=0; i<argc; i++ )
+	{
+		CString sArg = argv[i];
+		if( sArg == "--machine-profile-stats" )
+		{
+			RString sPersonalDir = SpecialDirs::GetMyDocumentsDir();
+			RString sFile = sPersonalDir + PRODUCT_ID +"/Save/MachineProfile/Stats.xml";
+			if( NULL == ::ShellExecute( NULL, "open", sFile, "", "", SW_SHOWNORMAL ) )
+				AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(FAILED_TO_OPEN.GetValue(),sFile.c_str(),GetLastErrorString().c_str()) );
+			goto command_line_handled;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	// check if there's a .smzip command line argument and install it
+	for( int i=0; i<argc; i++ )
+	{
+		RString sPath = argv[i];
+		TrimLeft( sPath );
+		TrimRight( sPath );
+		RString sPathLower = sPath;
+		sPathLower.MakeLower();
+
+		// test to see if this is a smzip file
+		if( sPathLower.Right(3) == "zip" )
+		{
+			if( !SMPackageUtil::DoesOsAbsoluteFileExist(sPath) )
+			{
+				AfxMessageBox( ssprintf(THE_FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST.GetValue(),sPath.c_str()), MB_ICONERROR );
+				goto command_line_handled;
+			}
+
+			// We found a zip package.  Prompt the user to install it!
+			CSMPackageInstallDlg dlg( sPath );
+			int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
+			if( nResponse == IDOK )
+			{
+				CSmpackageExportDlg dlg;
+				int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
+				// Since the dialog has been closed, return FALSE so that we exit the
+				//  application, rather than start the application's message pump.
+				goto command_line_handled;
+			}
+			else if (nResponse == IDCANCEL)
+			{
+				// the user cancelled.  Don't fall through to the Manager.
+				goto command_line_handled;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	{
+		MainMenuDlg dlg;
+		int nResponse = dlg.DoModal();
+	}
+command_line_handled:
 
 	SAFE_DELETE( THEME );
 	SAFE_DELETE( LUA );
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.rc b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.rc
index d6f4b940c9..04fe335a7a 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.rc
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackage.rc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ BEGIN
     PUSHBUTTON      "Edit Installations",IDC_BUTTON_EDIT,233,194,59,14
     CONTROL         "",IDC_PROGRESS1,"msctls_progress32",NOT WS_VISIBLE | 
                     WS_BORDER,7,60,318,14
-    LTEXT           "Install a package",IDC_STATIC_HEADER_TEXT,5,2,280,24
+    LTEXT           "Install a package",IDC_STATIC_HEADER_TEXT,5,5,280,24
 END
 
 IDD_EXPORTER DIALOGEX 0, 0, 349, 222
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ BEGIN
     EDITTEXT        IDC_EDIT,17,20,178,13,ES_AUTOHSCROLL
     DEFPUSHBUTTON   "OK",IDOK,200,7,54,14
     PUSHBUTTON      "Cancel",IDCANCEL,200,24,54,14
-    LTEXT           "NOTE: (leave off the "".smzip"" extension)",IDC_STATIC,
-                    18,38,179,12
+    LTEXT           "Note: leave off the "".smzip"" extension",IDC_STATIC,18,
+                    38,179,12
 END
 
 IDD_EDIT_INSTALLATIONS DIALOGEX 0, 0, 243, 221
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ BEGIN
     PUSHBUTTON      "Languages",IDC_LANGUAGES,14,232,91,15
     LTEXT           "Create a new or manage existing language translations.",
                     IDC_STATIC,109,232,213,20
-    LTEXT           "StepMania Tools Main Menu",IDC_STATIC_HEADER_TEXT,5,2,
+    LTEXT           "StepMania Tools Main Menu",IDC_STATIC_HEADER_TEXT,5,5,
                     280,24
     LTEXT           "Open the preferences file to make changes by hand.",
                     IDC_STATIC,109,127,213,18
diff --git a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackageUtil.h b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackageUtil.h
index 2fb8b448f3..07038cd7d7 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackageUtil.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/smpackage/smpackageUtil.h
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ namespace SMPackageUtil
 {
 	void WriteGameInstallDirs( const vector<RString>& asInstallDirsToWrite );
 	void GetGameInstallDirs( vector<RString>& asInstallDirsOut );
-	void AddGameInstallDir( RString sNewInstallDir );
+	void AddGameInstallDir( const RString &sNewInstallDir );
 	void SetDefaultInstallDir( int iInstallDirIndex );
-	void SetDefaultInstallDir( RString sInstallDir );
+	void SetDefaultInstallDir( const RString &sInstallDir );
+	bool IsValidInstallDir( const RString &sInstallDir );
 
 	bool GetPref( const RString &name, bool &val );
 	bool SetPref( const RString &name, bool val );
 
-	RString GetPackageDirectory(RString path);
-	bool IsValidPackageDirectory(RString path);
+	RString GetPackageDirectory( const RString &path );
+	bool IsValidPackageDirectory( const RString &path );
 
 	bool LaunchGame();
 
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ namespace SMPackageUtil
 	RString GetLanguageCodeFromDisplayString( const RString &sDisplayString );
 
 	bool GetFileContentsOsAbsolute( const RString &sAbsoluteOsFile, RString &sOut );
+
+	bool DoesOsAbsoluteFileExist( const RString &sOsAbsoluteFile ); 
 }
 
 #include "RageFile.h"