[faultyrec1]

OK, after spending days searching for the answer on this site, the closest thing to an answer I found was a page that said to use an installer for the original [paraphrased] "Music Production Toolkit for 7.x and 8 (the link is at the bottom of the page)"

Of course, the link at the bottom of the page just went to a generic 'downloads' page, and was no help.

I happened to have a physical installation of Music Production Tool Kit in my collection, but I thought I had read it was no longer necessary with Protools 8. Just for grins, I installed the old MPTK and now am able to bounce MP3's using Protools 8.

Hope this helps.