I have taken jmri? completely off my computer and went back and installed version 4.12.1 and every thing works like it should I can program, speed match etc. I then tried to reload 4.16 and I then get the message that programmer in use so I have reset to 4.12 and will wait until I see 4.17 is set as a final release in the mean time I am up and running. Thanks for all the help
Simply waiting for the 4.18 is certainly not going to fix your problem.
As far as I know, no one else has reported the same problem so there's nothing we as developers can do until we have someone who is both encountering the problem and is willing to work with us.