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This may already be solved I don't know but this is how i did it.
I finally got Dark Lights IDE to work by recompiling it.
I had a discusion started but couldn't find it again (seriously I think these forums need to be updated and weeded out). Here is what I did, this may not work for some people or be the better choice even. However, it is the only way I could get it to work on my box. It is a 'do at your own risk' thing.I Believe you have to have a licensed copy of Dark Lights and DBPro for this to work.

My Dark Lights Folder is located in my dark basic projects folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\The Game Creators\Dark Basic Professional\Projects\Dark Lights\

If your on a 32Bit
C:\Program Files\The Game Creators\Dark Basic Professional\Projects\Dark Lights\....

Or where ever your DarkBasic Dark Lights folder is.

I copied the entire contents of the (unaltered) files and programs into a folder called BACKUP

I download the 'extras' file from:
http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2000&page=upgrade7-5

extracted it and followed the instructions in the txt file for :
How To Compile the DarkLIGHTS IDE example
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(yes you will need that dll)


I loaded the dbpro file from the folder in the 'tools' section of the darklights project folder.

Trying to run it at this point (for me) produced a "could not load image at line 28"

So I simply commented this line out (I.E. 28 rem load image .....)

the next problem I had was with the the adjustment screen (f3 and f4) which when working with these two produces a "LM SHADOW POWER COMMAND HAS BEEN REMOVED TO FIX A BLURRING BUG" and crashed.

so I Commented out:
Line 862 rem i=5 : shadowstr#=fielddata(i)/10.0
Line 869 rem LM Set Shadow Power shadowstr#




I may have lost shadow power, Although personally, I just wanted the lightmaps (I havent figured out how to do it in blender yet.


so there it is, Use this at your own risk, or if there is a better way, please let me know. I will be off line for a while so I may not answer back for a few months.

@SILK

were u getting a message saying mfc71.dll missing.
well i kind of did what you suggest..
this is what i did..... first i dl extra 7.5.... did what the read me text say. the only part i did was the enchant fill were it was surppose to go.

the next thing i did was find the file mfc71.dll... (u might find here do a sreach for it.) i put that file werei have my DBPRO folder>....i post a pic.... so this way you should have shadows

@ silk i guess your method does work....i never notices shadows when i use it on xp and was working correct.