Hi Teecee,
Need to go back to Dex's question on what is in your Effects folder. You didn't really answer that question clearly. For example, in my Effects folder there is an effects.cfg file, about 600 .fx files and a Texture folder that contains about 60 .bmp files. What's exactly is in your Effects folder?
Edit: Just to be sure....I am talking about the Effects folder that is directly under the Prepar3D main folder.
Rod