TST Pro demo fighting with Max 9; won't load

Wondering if anyone else is having this problem. Search in forum yielded no answers.

I'm testing out a .dts shape in TST Pro, one that was created in Max 9 and exported. The problem is, that the majority of the time, if I'm running Max and try to open TST Pro to view the exported .dts, TST Pro will hang at launch. It "wipes" through two black screens and will eventually (very slow) allow you to click the "ok" button. and slowly let you get to model. Very irritating.

Now, if I export the .dts, then close Max 9, then open TST Pro, everything moves very quickly without a hitch.

Are these two apps not playing nicely and fighting for some common resource? Is there a bug/patch fix?

I'd hope that TST Pro would work nicely with Max, but this is getting frustrating...as Max takes a lot of time to load and unload.

Thanks for any help!

*thud*