Robohelp crashes when generating HTML output; under one "condition"

My project has several conditional build tags, and I use just two of them.
I have switched between conditions a million times when I generate output, but now RoboHelp crashes when I use "Condition B".
It is still successful on Condition A.
The Output View says:
Starting compilation ....
HTMLHELP preporcessor 8.0.0.203
Compiling
c:\HelpForGeomagicApps\!SSL!\Microsoft_HTML_Help\!chm_tmp_folder_4\ProjectName_EN.chm
Preparing to create HTMLHELP...
Clearing output folder...
Preparing files for HTML Help...
Copying files...
Updateing files....
AND THEN SHE CRASHES.
Any advice?

What I meant by "creating a new SSL" was right clicking in the Single Source Layouts pod and selecting New Layout. From the resulting dialog, select the required output type and set its properties the same as the other one. However the Dr.Watson reference may give us more of a clue as to the problem. See this link for further info.
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