Thanks Magic, What you suggest was my next course of action, uninstall everything and start from scratch. Just wish it did not have to come to this
I just wish I knew what happened to the files to cause such a mess, never had this many problems.
The alt/tab thing is a pain, I was running my resolution just under my full screen so I could pause the game and still have access to everything else around the edges
works pretty good on a 22" screen.
Thanks