In fact when I read that, I'm not sure we're talking about the same bug. 
Tries still version 270, to see if that changes anything about this problem.
Yeah I don't think we are because I just tried with build #270 and I still got the error.

Should I post this in the 270 thread?
Access violation at address 0040E411 in module 'hfs270a.exe'. Write of address 00000000
HFS 2.3 beta (270)
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System : Windows XP Professional, Version: 5.1, Build: A28, "Service Pack 3"
Processor: Intel, Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.66GHz, 2650 MHz MMX
Display : 1920x1080 pixels, 32 bpp
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Product Versions
hfs250.exe:2.3.0 Build: 0 9/29/2010 7:27:24 PM
hfs.exe: Build: 0 9/29/2010 7:44:38 PM
hfs270a.exe:2.3.0 Build: 0 9/30/2010 9:37:50 PM