Hi Will
Thanks again for looking at this. Following you suggestion I went to clean out the Import folder, however there was no folder called 'import'.
In this path \Portals\17\Hotcakes\Data\ I have a 'products' folder and a 'temp' folder.
In 'products' I have a unique folder for each new product created which then contains the orginal image upload and an empty folder called small
In the temp folder is my most recent image upload that has been renamed.
Here is a short video showing the file structure
https://www.useloom.com/s...4283b722e740b2e0920d you will note that the sampl products that come with the install have the expected folder structure and images. and it is simply the new product I have added this morning that is missing the files and folders.
Also not I renamed an image on my PC to 'MondayMorning.jpg' before attempting to load to the site, this way I could be confidant the image didn't already exist in the hotcakes file system.
not sure what to check next.