It's the header in the file (first line). I played around with it, and by simply removing the first line

?xml version="1.0"? (Brackets removed because board filters them)

...it works.


> > If it's any consolation...I recently reformatted and reinstalled Windows XP
> Home
> > on my machine, and am just now getting around to putting my MAME stuff back on
> > the machine. From a clean install of the latest version of ClrMame, I am also
> > experiencing the same problem. My wwwdata.ini file is a 0-byte file. I
> > downloaded the datafiles separately and installed them in the "datfiles"
> > directory, then tried again to use www mode, and got the same problem.
> >
> > > I have the same troubles as well... started like a week ago. Have tried all
> > > posted suggestions, no luck so far! :|
> > >
> > > //CGA
> > >
>
> Same here. My trusted old system reports a XML error, as does a new system I'm
> setting up from scratch. Is the latest datfile working for anyone?
>