Yes, choosing files to add works fine.
This gets me back to the point that Slicer does not crash my computer:
-copied the database to a new folder
- in the slicer.ini file remove any fields from
StoragePort=
ServerNodeCount=
CallingAETitle=
StorageAETitle=
So I suspect my database was corrupt ( will just restart from scratch) or the DICOM listener was hanging up.
Either way that part of the 3Dslicer code is absolutely evil since it does not allow you to shut down its process!
Thanks so much for your help.