PowerInRoads V8i (select series 4) MDL Loader error

From my understanding, the ability of "post loading" InRoads products once SS3 was released was going away. This was announced at the Bentley conference in 2013.

You specifically need to start from a Windows shortcut the InRoads product of your choice. This would be the same for SS4 I would imagine.

I am starting it from the only desktop icon that was created during the instal, the Power Inroads V8i icon. Is that not correct?

When you launch Power InRoads, are all of the InRoads menus displayed in you main "MicroStation menus?
IOW, Do your main menus read as follows:
File, Edit, Element, Settings, Tools, Survey, Surface,Geometry, Evaluation, Drainage, Drafting, Quantities, Power InRoads Tools, etc.?
Is it that you not seeing the InRoads Explorer? If so, go to the Power InRoads Tools menu and select Explorer Show/Hide.
Since many of the tools and toolbars of InRoads are now also delivered as MicroStation toolbars, these new versions allow you to hide the InRoads Explorer and still access all of the InRoads tools.

Thanks! For some reason i had an Inroads toolbar on the left side of my screen and that was what i was using to run the commands. Once I found the explorer we were able to test things and it's running smoothly. Thanks again.