Captivate 5.5 inconsistent publishing problems

Hi,
I have just purchases Captivate 5.5. I am having a problem publishing the file as an swf as it seems that the below error occurs. These errors didn't occur when publishing with Captivate 4.
1. The first letter of each file that is produced as part of the zip file is missing
2. I am uploading to Moodle 2.0 as my LMS & I get a message that Incorrect file package - missing imsmanifest.xml or AICC structure
3. The only way I seem to be able to get around it sometimes, not always is to rename all of the files with their first letter, then extract the files. Then select them all & zip the files. As you can imagine this is very frustrating.
Other details:
OPS - Windows 7
SOFTWARE - Captivate 5.5
LMS - Moodle 2.0
Scorm 1.2
Any help would be great. Please help
Mal

Hi there,
It is pretty strange when you say first letter of every file zipped is missing ? . Can you provide more info on this ?
Can you share the projects with us.. You may upload the projects on acrobat.com and share the download link with me. You can drop a note on ashwin at adobe dot com.
Thanks,
Ashwin Bharghav B
Adobe Captivate Team

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