hi there,
unfortunately that isn't the issue, I have 8gb of ram and plenty available. My virtual memory is also fine. I've tried copy the files from their original location in program files to a new shorter path too, and the error persists. I had already googled the error code and noted those suggestions, also as mentioned in my original post, the samples were loaded from the dashboard, so if the path is too long then the installer is erroneously creating them. Anyways, that's not the issue I'm afraid.
I will try another PC over the weekend to see if it is my installation of Visual Studio that's causing the problem.
Nick