Using dBpowerAMP and lame.exe - won't work

[ulillillia]

Around 2004 or 2005, I used a program called "dBpowerAMP" and also got the "Generic CLI Encoder" which uses lame.exe. When I first got it (referred to on these forums), I had trouble getting it to work as I get "codec error" every single time. I just tried it again and I get the exact same thing. Why is this? How do I fix it? No matter what I use, it's always the same result. I'm just trying to convert my WAV files to ABR MP3. To explain just how I'm doing it and what I'm trying to do, I took these 6 screenshots.

Screenshot #1 - I use the little program I have in the background to generate the WAV files (of which only the sample rate and "bytes per second" values are changed in each). The files play back in any program (Winamp included) without any problems so it's not the program or the files being faulty. To convert using the program I've had trouble with, I open it as shown in the foreground. There's nothing new here.

Screenshot #2 - I open a file to try testing it with. I only need one file at the moment for testing. The details are shown in the screenshot of the one I chose.

Screenshot #3 - Here, I'm choosing to locate the encoder, lame.exe in this case. Still no problems.

Screenshot #4 - I put in the details I need. I want average bit rate of 24 Kbps (I'll fine-tune this later, likely from 12 Kbps to 32), I want high quality conversion, and I want the file to be resampled to 16,000 Hz, a standard sample rate compatible with MP3's. When done adding the command lines, I choose to convert.

Screenshot #5 - At first the conversion seems to work as shown here, but, looks are deceiving.

Screenshot #6 - After just 3/5 of a second or so, I get this, the error, and no MP3 file is even written at all. No matter what I do or how I change the command lines, even if I use a file with a standard sample rate (i.e. 48,000 Hz), it still happens. What can I do about this?