Well - I bit the bullet, as they say, and after re-downloading another AH I dumped my old settings file and reassigned them all again. (I hope)
That seems to have cured the problem. It’ll take a while for sure since my settings have been the ones that I have used since 1999 in Fighter Ace, WarBirds and Aces High.Thankfully the skins file could still be used.
I really want to thank you guys for your concern and your help help.
Respectfully,
-kent