[DavidG]

Originally posted by Greybeard:
HELP!!

Cannot open file f:\space empires iv gold 1.78\pictures\races\data\data_race_portrait.bmp

Any suggestions??

Thanks…Greybeard

This suggest that you have a folder under the races directory called "data" which means you have a race called "data" but it is more likely a mods data folder that has been extracted to the wrong place.