It appears I posted this on the wrong forum, but since these problems seem to be how Windows interacts with Realplayer, I can hopefully get some ideas of what direction to go if the problems below can't be answered directly. Thanks.
"I recently installed Realplayer on my backup computer. When I go to download videos from YouTube and other sites the little popup that says "Download This Video" doesn't come up. I had this problem a few years ago, but I can't remember what the fix was.
On a related issue, my Realplayer Downloads Folder won't even open up, says it's "Not Responding". I've got lots of good music and video in there that is not accessible now. Thankfully I have everything on an external hard drive. This computer is an XPS-420 running Vista and IE9....and getting a bit long in the tooth. Perhaps it is finally time to make it my backup and get something newer"