I'm pretty sure that VBP itself would not create an empty .macros file. Could some security software or other background process be interfering with VBP writing to the file? Please ZIP and send to
support@kinook.com:
1) The info from Help | About | Install Info
2) A screen shot of System properties (Windows+Break)
3) The .bld file(s)
4) A build log file
Thanks.